Cenk Kadir Uygur (born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American progressive political commentator, media host, attorney, journalist, and politician. Uygur is the creator of The Young Turks, an American left-wing, sociopolitical, progressive news and commentary program. Before beginning his career as a political commentator, he worked briefly as an associate attorney in Washington, D.C. and New York City. As a young man, Uygur supported social conservative positions but as his views evolved he began to identify as a progressive. Uygur also co-founded the progressive political action committee Justice Democrats along with Zack Exley, Saikat Chakrabarti, and Kyle Kulinski.

Filmography

• Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal — Self - Host, The Young Turks (archive footage)
• Power Hour with Nina Turner
• 2016All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone — Self - Host, The Young Turks
• 2016Money Monster — Cenk Uygur (uncredited)
• 2016UNCOUNTED - The Story of the California Election — Producer
• Bitmeyen Şarkı — Oktay
• 1997Contact — Reporter (uncredited)
• The Young Turks — Host, Creator

Appearances as themselves (7)

• 2022The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM — Self (archive footage)
• 2020By Day's End — Himself (voice)
• The Conversation — Self - Host
• 2018How to Kill 14 People Without Saying a Word — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Mad As Hell — Self
• 2010I'm Still Here — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)