Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (; born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor, model, and former basketball player. He has won several accolades, including four Golden Butterfly Awards for Best actor for his role in Aşk-ı Memnu (2009 and 2010), for his role in Kuzey Güney and for his role in Aile (2023), and for his role two Golden Butterfly awards for Best couple and a Yeşilçam Cinema Award. Tatlıtuğ won the pageants of Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of the World in 2002.

Tatlıtuğ has established himself as a leading actor of Turkey with roles in several of the highly successful television series, that includes Menekşe ile Halil (2007–2008), Aşk-ı Memnu (2008–2010), Kuzey Güney (2011–2013) and Cesur ve Güzel (2016–2017), all of which garnered him critical acclaim and international recognition, portraying researcher Arman in the Netflix original series Into the Night (2021) and Yakamoz S-245 (2022).

Early life and family Tatlıtuğ was born on 27 October 1983, in Adana, to Erdem and Nurten Tatlıtuğ. His mother is Turkish from Edirne. His paternal grandfather is an Albanian from Pristina. His paternal grandmother is a Bosniak from Sarajevo. He has said that he was born and raised in Adana and that his family has had a bakery business in the city for more than a hundred years. He studied at Yenice Çağ Private High School, where he excelled in basketball. Due to his father's illness, the family moved to Istanbul so that his father could receive proper treatment. In Istanbul, he joined the Beşiktaş, Fenerbahçe, Ülkerspor, "Fiskobirlik", "Güney Sanayi", "Çukurova Kulübü", "Devlet Su İşleri" and "Tarsus Amerikan Kulübü" clubs as a professional U18 basketball player. Due to a dislocated leg, he left basketball. He graduated from Istanbul Kultur University in 2013. He married stylist Başak Dizer on 19 February 2016 at the Turkish embassy in Paris. The couple's first child, a son named Kurt Efe, was born in April 2022. A sculpture of Tatlıtuğ has been displayed in Madame Tussauds Istanbul.

Career Film career He acted in the comedy film Amerikalılar Karadenizde 2, which was directed by Kartal Tibet. He provided the voice of Ken for the Turkish dubbed version of Toy Story 3. Tatlıtuğ played the poet Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu in the drama film Kelebeğin Rüyası with Farah Zeynep Abdullah. Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ won Yeşilçam Cinema Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role and other awards for his performance as Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu.

Web series He played as Arman in the Netflix surreal series Into the Night and Yakamoz S-245.

Television career Kıvanç hosted some pageants and shows. He starred in Gümüş as the character Mehmet Şadoğlu. He had guest role in fantasy series Acemi Cadı of Turkish version "Sabrina Teenage Witch" with Merve Boluğur for second time. He has also starred in other shows such as Menekşe ile Halil, where he played alongside of Sedef Avcı. In the series Aşk-ı Memnu, Kıvanç shared the leading role with Beren Saat.

A turning point in Tatlıtuğ's career was when he played as Sekiz in Ezel. Since 2011, he has portrayed Kuzey Tekinoğlu in the Kanal D drama series Kuzey Güney, which ended in June 2013. He won two Golden Butterfly Awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Aşk-ı Memnu and "Kuzey ve Güney". He later acted in the historical series Kurt Seyit ve Şura with Farah Zeynep Abdullah in 2014 and in Cesur ve Güzel with Tuba Büyüküstün in 2016–2017 as Cesur Alemdaroğlu. With Elçin Sangu, Onur Saylak, he played in crime series Çarpışma.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 Amerikalılar Karadenizde 2 Muzaffer Main role 2010 Toy Story 3 (Turkish dubbed version) Ken Voice acting 2013 Kelebeğin Rüyası Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu Main role 2018 Hadi Be Oğlum Ali Main role 2018 Organize İşler: Sazan Sarmalı Sarı Saruhan 2022 Âşıklar Bayramı Yusuf Main role 2023 Boğa Boğa Yalın Main role 2023 İstanbul İçin Son Çağrı Mehmet Main role

Streaming series Year Title Role Notes 2021 Into the Night Arman Guest; Season 2 2022 Yakamoz S-245 Main role

Television series Year Title Role Notes 2005–2007 Gümüş Mehmet Şadoğlu Main role 2006 Acemi Cadi Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ One episode 2007–2008 Menekşe ile Halil Halil Tuğlu Main role 2008–2010 Aşk-ı Memnu Behlül Haznedar 2010 Ezel Sekiz/Ramiz Karaeski Few episodes 2011–2013 Kuzey Güney Kuzey Tekinoğlu Main role 2014 Kurt Seyit ve Şura Kurt Seyit 2016–2017 Brave and Beautiful Cesur Alemdaroğlu 2018–2019 Çarpışma Kadir Adalı 2023–2024 Aile Aslan Soykan

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