Bülent Ceylan


Bülent Ceylan is a German comedian and Kabarett artist. He plays several comic roles with frequent themes being the quirks of Germans from Turkish family backgrounds and people from Mannheim, told in the dialect of Mannheim.
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Early life and education

Ceylan was born in Mannheim. His mother Hilde is a Hungarian-born German, his father Ahmet Ceylan was a Turkish entrepreneur in the construction industry. He has three older siblings. He attended the Friedrich-Ebert elementary school and Ludwig-Frank-Gymnasium in Mannheim. In his eleventh year, he had a performance parodying Boris Becker, which was very well received by teachers and students.
After the Abitur in 1995, Ceylan did an internship with the German music channel VIVA and the radio station RPR1. In the beginning, he performed on small stages, afterwards he studied philosophy and political science but quit university in favor of his stage career.

Career

In November 2002, Ceylan started the successful comedy program Döner for one, with which he achieved his national breakthrough.
In July 2006, the premiere of his program Halb getürkt was broadcast on ZDF. In 2007, he followed up with Kebabbel net which was later recorded and broadcast by RTL in 2009. This brought him the German Comedy Award in the category Newcomer and the CIVIS-Medienpreis for integration in May 2010. At the same time, Ceylan celebrated the premiere of his program Ganz schön turbülent for which he was awarded the German Comedy Award as best comedian in 2010.
Ceylan started his program Wilde Kreatürken in 2011, which RTL broadcast in 2012. His next program Haardrock premiered in January 2014. In 2016, he started the program Kronk.
Ceylan has appeared in numerous German TV shows like Quatsch Comedy Club. He develops his programs mainly together with Roland Junghans. As an actor, he played Mustafa in several episodes of the series Hausmeister Krause, and Jonny, a main character in the sitcom Bewegte Männer. On 6 June 2008, he joined Stefan Raabs "Autoball" European championship, playing for Turkey. His stage show Bülent Ceylan – live was broadcast on RTL on Saturday, 26 September 2009. On 21 August 2010, Ceylan appeared at the Summer Breeze metal festival.
In February 2011, started on RTL with the first season consisting of six episodes.
In August 2011 he appeared at the Wacken Open Air metal festival.

Personal life

Ceylan is married and has 4 kids.
Ceylan has mentioned in several interviews that he has a foot fetish.

Programs

Döner for one – mit alles Halb getürkt Kebabbel net Ganz schön turbülent! Wilde Kreatürken Kronk, 2016

DVDs

Halb getürkt, Köln: WortArt, 2006Bülent Ceylan – live, Mannheim,
  • ''Bülent Ceylan – Ganz schön turbülent''

Audio CDs

Produzier' mich net!, 2000Döner for one, Berlin: Blue Cat Print und Music, 2003Halb getürkt, Köln: WortArt, 2006Kebabbel net, 2008Ganz schön Turbülent, 2010

Awards