Career
Şener Şen began acting in 1958 at the age of 17 as an amateur at the Yeşil Sahne Theater in Cağaloğlu. From 1964 to 1966 he taught in elementary schools in the villages of eastern Anatolia. In 1966 he returned to the stage at the City Theater in Istanbul.
He made his film debut with a small role in the drama film So-Called Girls (1967), directed by Nejat Saydam.
From 1980 to 1982 he continued his theater work in Germany. He starred in the award-winning The Bandit (1996), written and directed by Yavuz Turgul, for which he was also the executive producer.