Ali Ata Demirer (born 6 July 1972) is a Turkish filmmaker, stand-up comedian, actor, and musician.
He is known for his live comedy sketches "Korsan TV" as well as for writing and starring in a string of Turkish box-office hits including Eyyvah Eyvah, Berlin Kaplanñ, Neredesin Firuze and hit sitcom series Avrupa Yakasñ. He is best known for imitation, accent ability. Due to his stand-up style is like storyteller Meddah which lost in new generation.
His maternal family is of Meskherian Turk descent. His paternal family is of Albanian descent. Demirer, who demonstrated a talent for singing and music at an early age, studied at Bursa Boys' High School before transferring in his final year and graduating with honours from ÃÂelebi Mehmet High School.
After leaving school he found work, with the help of his brothers, as a night club pianist. In 1991, he moved to Istanbul after being accepted on Turkish music department of State Conservatory of Istanbul Technical University. During his studies he started performing stand-up in bars and befriended Gökhan Semiz of Turkish comedy troop Vitamin Group and sang on their single Turkish Cowboys. His first professional performances were organised with the assistance of E.à Â.EK Theatre Group founder UÃÂur Uludaàand while performing in musical theater with the group in Assos he was offered the lead role in the 1995 production of Funny Money (Komik Para) at the Dormen Theatre. That same year he also founded and toured with the Ege Kumpanya orchestral group as well as continuing to perform stand-up.
In 1998 he impressed the organisers at Leman Kültür with recordings of his earlier shows and they staged his show Tek Kià Âilik Dev Kadro which consisted mostly of impersonations of Turkish celebrities such as actor Kadir ðnanñr and singers Bülent Ersoy and Emrah. After more than 1000 performances the show transferred successfully to television with Star TV's 42-episode run of Korsan TV (2001) written, produced and presented by Demirer. He subsequently joined the cast of Star TV's Tatlñ Hayat (2001âÂÂ04), the Turkish version of US television sitcom The Jeffersons (1975âÂÂ1985) and began his film career, alongside future Eyyvah Eyvah co-star Demet AkbaÃÂ, in the supporting cast of Where's Firuze? (Neredesin Firuze?) and Vizontele Tuuba (both 2004). His greatest success came with a three-season run from 2004 to 2006 as the loveable Volkan in the popular Atv sitcom Avrupa Yakasñ, which also led to his first cinematic lead role as Güngör in Neco ÃÂelik's Kñsñk Ateà Âte 15 Dakika (2006). During this time he also continued his music career with the release of the studio album Makara (2005) and the four-track maxi-single Exit (2006) as well as the TV show Hacñyatmaz (2007).
In April 2007, he started a stand-up tour called Ata Demirer Show which he took around Turkey and to the Netherlands, Germany and France. Upon returning from his tour he took the lead role of Sultan Osman VII in Gani Müjde's hit comedy The Ottoman Republic (Osmanlñ Cumhuriyeti), which was the fourth highest-grossing Turkish film of 2008, and returned as Volkan for the final two seasons of Avrupa Yakasñ from 2008 to 2009. After the series finished, he wrote and co-starred with Demet Akbaàin Hakan Algül's Eyyvah Eyvah (2010) and Eyyvah Eyvah 2 (2011), which were the highest-grossing Turkish films of their respective years. His latest film Berlin Kaplanñ (2012) also debuted at number one in the weekly Turkish box office.
His mother, Ayten Kaçar, is of Turkish Meskhetian origin and his father is of Albanian origin.