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Cem Yilmaz (born April 23 1973) is a Turkish stand-up comedian, actor, cartoonist and screenwriter. He was born in Istanbul.

While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Bogaziçi University, he started publishing caricatures for the Turkish humor magazine Leman. In August 1995 he did his first stand-up comedy show in "Leman Culture Center" performing with no serious career intentions as a comedian. However, after the high response from the crowd he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Besiktas Cultural Center where he appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming extremely popular; so popular, that people are willing to pay 250 TRL (approx. 210 USD) for a ticket.[2]

His movie career started with co-starring in the movie "Hersey Çok Güzel Olacak" ("Everything's Gonna Be Great") in 1997, continuing various roles in such movies Vizontele, Organize Isler and Ramon. He starred in the 2005 box-office hit G.O.R.A., a big-budget science-fiction comedy which he also wrote. The shooting of the film had lasted several years because of financial and other technical problems and the deep involvement left him exhausted for a time. The film was one of the top hits in Turkey, with 4 million people having watched it.[3]

In 2006, he returned to the silver screen with the movie "Hokkabaz" (The Trickster) as actor, writer and co-director. In 2008 he filmed A.R.O.G., sequel to G.O.R.A. Cem Yilmaz's latest film Yahsi Bati was released on new year's day 2010.