Mehmet Özgür graduated from the Theater Department of Istanbul University and started his artistic career in 1988 with a theater event he attended in a language course in Antalya.The following year, he focused on theater studies in Antalya Community Center. The artist, who later worked at the Antalya State Theater in 1993, first appeared in front of the camera in 2004 and took on a role in a TV series. He became known for his role as Necip Yilmaz in the TV series Kollama, which was broadcast between 2008 and 2011, and gained great fame with his role as "Takoz Irfan" in the TV series Suskunlar, which was published in 2012. Then he played in important TV series such as Magnificent Century, Calikusu, Filinta.Özgür acted in various TV series and movies, and also directed some theater plays.