Macit Koper (born 1 March 1944) is a Turkish actor and scriptwriter.
He has worked as actor and director at Şehir Theatres and Dostlar Theatres. His cinematic breakthrough came with his role as Zebercet in the movie Anayurt Oteli.
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Life and career
He was born in Istanbul in 1944. He became interested in theatre after joining the Beşiktaş Community Center during his high school years. He was the student of actors such as Muhsin Ertuğrul, Beklan Algan and Ayla Algan at the LCC Theatre School.
He worked as an actor, dramatist and director at Dostlar Theatre between 1969 and 1979. He continued to work in this institution until the Dostlar Theater was closed for economic reasons in 1979. He joined the Istanbul City Theatres during the 1979/1980 season. He later went to Berlin to prepare a play about foreign workers. He also wrote and directed the play Giden, Tez Geri Dönmez. His career in theatre ended in 1980 after the 1980 Turkish coup d'état. He continued to work as an actor, director and writer at Dostlar Theatre. In the 1981–1982 season, he adapted Yaşar Kemal's novel Ağrı Dağı Efsanesi to a play.
Koper has worked as an actor and screenwriter in cinema and on stage. He started scriptwriting in 1983 with the movie Seni Seviyorum with the encouragement of Atıf Yılmaz. After writing the script for Rumuz Goncagül in 1987, he worked mainly with directors İrfan Tözüm and Ömer Kavur. As an actor, he starred in films such as Aaahh Belinda and Melodram. He received great acclaim for his success in the role of Zebercet in Anayurt Oteli. In 1989, he returned to his duty in City Theatres by court decision. He won many national and international awards in the fields of theatre and cinema both for acting and scriptwriting as well as directing. In 2013, he portrayed Lala Mustafa Pasha in the historical drama series Muhteşem Yüzyıl. In 2016, he was cast in Poyraz Karayel.
Personal
He is married to Hülya Koper, who is also a scriptwriter and artist. Actor Gün Koper is his son.
Theatre
As director
Kırmızı Pazartesi : Gabriel García Márquez - Istanbul City Theatres - 2008
Titanik Orkestrası : Hristo Boychev - Istanbul City Theatres - 2006
Antigone : Sophocles - Istanbul City Theatres - 2005
Kuş Operasyonu : Hristo Boychev - Istanbul City Theatres - 2002
Deli Eder İnsanı Bu Dünya : Erkan Akın - 1998
Oyunlarla Yaşayanlar : Oğuz Atay - Istanbul City Theatres - 1998
Aslolan Hayattır : Nâzım Hikmet \ Macit Koper - Istanbul City Theatres - 1994
Kadınlar Da Savaşı Yitirdi : Curzio Malaparte - 1992
Bir Anarşistin Kaza Sonucu Ölümü : Dario Fo - Yeditepe Oyuncuları - 1991
Meraklısı İçin Öylesine Bir Hikâye : Sait Faik Abasıyanık - Istanbul City Theatres - 1988
İkili Oyun : Bilgesu Erenus - Dostlar Theatre - 1978
Ortak : Bilgesu Erenus - Dostlar Theatre - 1976
As actor
Cumhuriyet Kızı : Memet Baydur - Istanbul City Theatres
Bitmeyen Kavga : John Steinbeck - Dostlar Theatre
Ezenler Ezilenler Başkaldıranlar : Mehmet Akan - Dostlar Theatre
Düşmanlar : Maxim Gorky - Dostlar Theatre
Alpagut Olayı : Haşmet Zeybek - Dostlar Theatre
Azizname : Aziz Nesin \ Genco Erkal - Dostlar Theatre
Abdülcambaz : Turhan Selçuk - Dostlar Theatre
Soruşturma : Peter Weiss - Dostlar Theatre
Havana Duruşması : Hans Magnus Enzensberger - Dostlar Theatre
Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur : Vasıf Öngören - Dostlar Theatre - 1985
Galileo Galilei : Bertolt Brecht - Dostlar Theatre - 1983
Filmography
As actor
Kızılcık Şerbeti - 2025
Eşref Rüya - 2025
Holding - 2024
Bahar - 2024
Ne Gemiler Yaktım - 2023
Yaratılan - 2023
Yargı - 2023
O Kız - 2022–2023
Hakim - 2022
Baba - 2022
Kağıt Ev - 2021
Elkızı - 2020–2021
Ramo - 2020
Yüzleşme - 2019
Masal Çiçeği - 2019
Avlu - 2018
Siyah Beyaz Aşk - 2018
Hayat Sevince Güzel - 2016
Poyraz Karayel - 2016
Üç Arkadaş - 2014
Muhteşem Yüzyıl - 2013
Ağır Roman Yeni Dünya - 2012
Al Yazmalım - 2011
Havada Bulut - 2002
Kurtuluş - 1994