Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (born 16 January 1983) is a Turkish actor, director and former footballer. His family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kyustendil. His cousin is actor Bülent Şakrak. He married actress Cansu Tosun.

He started his career with roles in theater plays, films, and TV series, however, he eventually became known with his role in Ulan Istanbul and later in Çukur. His fantasy series are Görünen Adam and Yaratılan. He played supporting roles in hit series such as Yılan Hikayesi, Kurtlar Vadisi, Sakarya Fırat, Merhamet, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem. He has won awards for his appearance in several short films.

Life and career Köstendil was born in 1983 in Bursa. He is a graduate of Bursa Atatürk High School. During his high school years, he was a member of the Bursaspor football team.

He began his acting career at the Tuncay Özinel Theater, by playing a number of roles in plays such as AuT and Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı.

In 2009, he wrote and directed the series Mukadderat, which was published online on Facebook. In the same year, he got a role in the action series M.A.T and portrayed the character of "Emre". In 2010, he wrote and directed the short movie Vakit, which received awards at the Sinepark 4th Short Film Festival, Eskişehir Kral Midas Short Film Festival, and the 47th International Antalya Film Festival.

He also wrote the scenario for the feature film Torbacının Esrarı, which was shot in Amsterdam and Istanbul. His fourth short film project was Suma, which was released in 2018 and realized as one of Turkey's good comedy works at the Los Angeles Film Awards.

Theatre Kalp Düğümü – Craft Theater AuT – İkincikat Theater Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı – Isparta Virtual Theater 12 Numaralı Adam

Filmography

Web series Year Title Role Notes2017 Görünen Adam Kurtuluş 2023 Yaratılan İhsan

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2002 Yılan Hikayesi Hamburger makerSupporting role 2005 Kurtlar Vadisi Memati's fellow 2009–2012 Sakarya Fırat Er Mahmut Karakum 2012 Babalar ve Evlatlar Ayhan 2013 Merhamet Mehmet 2014–2015 Ulan İstanbul Karlos NevizadeLeading role 2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Şahin Giray HanSupporting role 2016 Familya Toprak BeyoğluLeading role 2017 Bir Deli Sevda Mehmet Gökdeniz 2017–2021 Çukur Vartolu Saadettin / Salih Koçovalı 2019 Çarpışma Guest appearance 2023 Ne Gemiler Yaktım Toprak Leading role

Film

Discography Singles 2018: "Nemrudun Kızı" (feat. Mustafa Kırantepe) 2020: "Doyana Doymayana Popkek III"