ENGIN AKYÜREK (Unofficial Forum)
Born October 12, 1981 in Ankara, Turkey
He was born and raised in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara University Department of History.
His first TV series was Yabanci Damat. After increasing the number of his fans by this series he shot his first movie "Kader" in 2006. With "Cevat" role in this movie, he won the Modern Cinema Actors and Actresses Association (CASOD) "Most Promising Actor", and Cinema Writers Association (SIYAD) "Most Promising Actor" Awards in 2006.
His next project was TV Series "Karayilan" which was directed by Cem Akyoldas. This series was about the French occupation in Gaziantep and it had the second highest budget for TV Series in Turkey.
His first leading role was in TV Series "Bir Bulut Olsam",which was written by Meral Okay and directed by Ulas Inac. His character was "Mustafa Bulut" who gave the series its name.
In 2011, he played the male romantic lead Kerim in TV series "What is Fatmagul's Fault?" which was written by Vedat Türkali and directed by Hilal Saral, Hüseyin Tunç, and Ayhan Özen. His performance in this series brought him many awards and he became one of the most popular actors in Turkey. This role also made him one of the most recognized and loved Turkish actors in the Middle East and Latin America.
In 2014, he played a character named Tekin in a movie called "A Small September Affair" written and directed by Kerem Deren. In the same year, he came back to the TV screens with Omer character in "Black Money Love" TV series written by Eylem Canbolat and Sema Ergenekon and directed by Ahmet Katiksiz. With this role, he won the Best Actor Award in Seoul International Drama Awards and nominated for the Best Actor category at the International Emmy Awards in 2015
In 2017, he played a character named Dağhan in TV series "Eternal" which was written by Elif Usman & Sevgi Yilmaz. Direvted by Umur Turagay & Feride Kaytan. The TV series is under adaptation by NBC from Dallas developer-executive producer Cynthia Cidre, Universal TV and Tariq Jalil’s Intrigue Entertainment.
He had only one play in his career in 2007 named "Romantika Muzikali"; "Romantic Music" directed by Şakir Gürzümar in which he played the leading role of "Ceto", the brave neighborhood guy.
His final projects is a character named "Umut" in a movie called "One Love, Two Lives". screen play by "Burcu Görgün Toptaş and Özlem Yılmaz". Diredted by "Ali Bهlgin". Published in Turkish theaters on 25 Jan 2019