While studying at the Department of Tourism and Hotel Management of Bogazici University, he started drawing comics 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 positive response of the audience, he continued his show to attract larger crowds in Besiktas Cultural Center where he has appeared in over a thousand stand-up comedy shows since, becoming so popular that tickets have sold for 250TL (approx. US$140).
His movie career started in 1998 with a co-starring role in the comedy Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998), directed by Ömer Vargi, and continued with a role in Vizontele (2001), directed by Yilmaz Erdogan and Ömer Faruk Sorak. He achieved his greatest success by starring in and writing big-budget science-fiction parody G.O.R.A. (2004), also directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, which despite spending several years in production because of financial and other technical problems became a box-office hit and described by Rekin Teksoy as a strong sign that showed that popular cinema was successful in appealing to wide audiences. He maintained this success with a starring role in the comedy feature movie Magic Carpet Ride (2005) AKA 'Magic Carpet Ride', also directed by Yilmaz Erdogan, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the 11th Sadri Alisik Awards, and his directorial debut with The Magician (2006), co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, for which he won Best Actor at the 34th Brussels International Independent Film Festival and 12th Sadri Alisik Awards. He has since repeated his box office success with a sequel to G.O.R.A. (2004) called A.R.O.G (2008), also co-directed by Ali Taner Baltaci, and comedy Western parody called Yahsi Bati - The Ottoman Cowboys (2009), directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak. That same year, he co-starred, alongside veteran actor Sener Sen, in the police drama Hunting Season (2010), written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, and made a special appearance in drama Zefir (2010), written and directed by Belma Bas. After two years he also acted in Ferzan Özpetek's A Magnificent Haunting (2012). After he filmed his last stand-up comedy show CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) directed by Murat Dündar, he announced that for the next few years he will stop his stand-up comedy shows to have a rest.
Along his professional career, he has won numerous awards and appeared in more than 4000 stand-up comedy shows, took part in 10 movies and contributed as a dubbing performer in 4 movies.
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When Altan swipes prescription drugs from his brother Nuri's pharmacy, they soon find themselves on ...
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Cem Yılmaz's stand-up show Bir Tat Bir Doku took place in 1999 and was released in cinemas in 2001. ...
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A struggling, suicidal young comedian meets a car thief who is willing to teach him a few things abo...
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Failed magician Iskender decides to do a tour to save his career, but has to bring his grumpy and se...
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Aziz and Lemi must recover a diamond gifted by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire to the U.S. Presiden...
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Veteran homicide cop Fermanand his hot-headed partner İdris team up with rookie cop and anthropology...
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CMYLMZ Q&A is a brand new comedy storm consisting of interviews Cem Yılmaz conducted with students a...
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The funny little details of everyday life. Simple things that make us laugh. An unforgettable perf...
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An aspiring actor discovers that his spacious new apartment comes complete with eight friendly ghost...
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Pirated DVD seller Zafer who is formerly an extra in movies, swore to give up illegal works when his...
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In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, r...
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Ali Senay and Ilber, the two partners of Senay Cüccaciye, sell garden dwarfs. When their company sta...
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After 8 years, Arif's old friend 216 from planet GORA pays a visit to Earth.Together they go on a qu...
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Working in a ferry as a waiter, Ayzek, having a defect with his front teeth, dreams to get his front...
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4 pals find themselves in the middle of an adventure involving the US Army and aliens when one of th...
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Birol has given up his true passion, dancing, after getting injured in an accident. Birol leaves his...
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Güven, a taxi driver is desperately in love with Meral, but he’s too shy to open up to her. One day ...
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In an irreverent but heartfelt stand-up show, Turkish comedian Cem Yılmaz shares stories about child...
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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Cem Yılmaz: Diamond Elite Platinum Plus (2021) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 2 | Comidark Films 2: The Pawn (2020) | Director / Writer | 5 | |
| 3 | Comidark Films 2: Insane (2020) | Director / Writer | 6.5 | |
| 4 | Comidark Films: In Between (2019) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 5 | Comidark Films: The Getaway (2019) | Director / Writer | 5.5 | |
| 6 | Arif V 216 (2018) | Director / Writer | 7.3 | |
| 7 | Ali Baba and the 7 Dwarfs (2015) | Director / Writer | 6.3 | |
| 8 | Coming Soon (2014) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 9 | The Water Diviner (2014) | Sgt. Jemal | 6.8 | |
| 10 | CM101MMXI Fundamentals (2013) | Director / Writer | 9 | |
| 11 | A Magnificent Haunting (2012) | Yusuf Antep | 7 | |
| 12 | Bifo & CMYLMZ (2011) | - | 7 | |
| 13 | Hunting Season (2010) | İdris | 6.8 | |
| 14 | CMYLMZ: Questions & Answers (2010) | Self | 7 | |
| 15 | Yahşi Batı (2009) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 16 | CMYLMZ (2008) | Director / Writer | 9.3 | |
| 17 | A.R.O.G (2008) | Director / Writer | 7 | |
| 18 | The Magician (2006) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 19 | Magic Carpet Ride (2005) | Müslüm Durulmaz | 7.3 | |
| 20 | G.O.R.A. (2004) | Director / Writer | 7.7 | |
| 21 | Bir Tat Bir Doku: Millennium (2001) | Director / Writer | 8.5 | |
| 22 | Vizontele (2001) | Fikri | 8 | |
| 23 | Cem Yılmaz: One Taste One Texture (1999) | Director / Writer | 9.3 | |
| 24 | Everything's Gonna Be Great (1998) | Director / Writer | 7.8 |

