For his role as "Davut Usta" in the dramatic comedy TV series Bizimkiler, he gained wide popularity.
[1] Uluergüven died on 8 January 2014, aged 73, at the Adnan Menderes University Hospital in Aydın.
He had been in the hospital for the three months leading up to his death to receive treatment for a dislocated femoral prosthesis.
He was survived by his wife, Türkan Uluergüven (64), his son Emre and granddaughter Arya Sanat (5).
After a memorial service at the Caddebostan Cultural Center and the religious funeral at Şakirin Mosque on 10 January, he was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery next to the grave of his son Eren, who died at the age of 21 following an accident on theatre stage in 2004.