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Can Yaman

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Can Yaman
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Yaman at the Venice Film Festival , 2021
Born (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989 (age 32)
Istanbul, Turkey
CitizenshipTurkish
OccupationActor, model
Years active2014–present
Websitehttp://www.canyaman.it

Can Yaman (Turkish: [dʒan jaman]) (born 8 November 1989) is a Turkish actor, model and lawyer. He received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2018 for his role in Erkenci Kuş as well as Murex d'Or in 2019. In 2020, he received an international PRODU2020 nomination for his role in the series Mr. Wrong (Turkish: Bay Yanlış). Yaman starred in the TV shows Gönül İşleri, İnadına Aşk, Hangimiz Sevmedik, Dolunay. He also won the 7th GQ Men of the Year 2019 award.

Life

Yaman was born on 8 November 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey. His paternal grandfather is Kosovo-Albanian from Kosovo.[1][2][3] His paternal grandmother is an from North Macedonia.[4][5] He is the nephew of football coach Fuat Yaman.[6] From an early age, Yaman's grandmothers were involved hands-on in his upbringing and care due to financial difficulties which his parents experienced.[7] Yaman's parents divorced when he was five years old.[8]

Yaman studied at Bilfen Kolej for first and middle school, then studied at the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, where he finished as a top student with the highest grade since existence of the educational establishment. Can Yaman speaks fluently 5 languages including italian and english.[9] In 2012, he graduated from the Law Department of Yeditepe University, and began working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he met his current law firm partners. By the time he was 24, Yaman was working in mergers and acquisitions and writing articles for the tax section of Dunya newspaper. As he was finding success in the corporate law sector, he was also realizing that corporate life was not for him. Yaman told Hello! Magazine in 2018, "I felt like having an open view but sitting in an office and wearing a suit bothered me a lot. When they gave me an annual leave, I left without coming back. It was on TV that my colleagues saw me next." While on summer leave from work, Yaman travelled to Bodrum where he met his eventual and current acting managers, Cuneyt Sayil and Ilker Bilgi.[10]

In January 2021, Yaman moved from Turkey to Italy.

Career

Can Yaman started his career in Gönül İşleri in 2014. In 2015 he starred in İnadına Aşk and in 2016 he starred in Hangimiz Sevmedik.[11][12] The breakthrough of his career came in 2017 with the series Dolunay.[13]

From 2018 to 2019, he played one of the lead roles "Can Divit” in the Turkish romantic comedy series Erkenci Kuş (Daydreamer) opposite Demet Özdemir .[14] He received several acting awards and nominations including international award for this series.

Can Υaman played the lead role Özgür Atasoy in the Turkish short series Bay Yanlış (Mr. Wrong). The series is produced by Gold Film, directed by Deniz Yorulmazer, with a script by Aslı Zengin and Banu Zengin Tak. It premiered on FOX in June 2020.[15]The series was cancelled due to low ratings in Turkey.

Can Yaman signed a contract to star as a lead in reebot of 80's cult series Sandokan.[16]

Filmography

TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Gönül İşleri Bedir Supporting role
2015 İnadına Aşk Yalın Aras Main role
2016 Hangimiz Sevmedik Tarık Çam Main role
2017 Dolunay Ferit Aslan Main role
2018–2019 Erkenci Kuş Can Divit Main role
2020 Bay Yanlış Özgür Atasoy Main role
2021 Che Dio ci Aiuti Gino Season 6, Guest role
2021 Viola Come il Mare Francesco Demir Main role

Awards

Awards
Year Result Award Name Category
2017 Nominated Golden Butterfly Best Romantic Comedy Actor (Dolunay)
2017 Nominated Golden Butterfly Best TV Couple (Dolunay; shared with: Özge Gürel)
2018 Won Golden Butterfly Best Romantic Comedy Actor (Erkenci Kuş)
2018 Nominated Golden Butterfly Best TV Couple (Erkenci Kuş; shared with: Demet Özdemir)
2019 Nominated Golden Butterfly Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy Series for series (Erkenci Kuş)
2019 Nominated Golden Butterfly Best TV Couple (Erkenci Kuş; shared with: Demet Özdemir)
2019 Won Golden Star Best TV Series Actor (Erkenci Kuş)
2019 Won' Murex d'Or Best Foreign Actor (Erkenci Kuş)
2019 Won E!News TV Top Leading Man (Erkenci Kuş)
2020 Nominated PRODU Awards Best Actor in Foreign Series - Talento (Bay Yanlış)
2021 Won Filming Italy Best Movie Award 2021 TV Personality of the Year 2021

References

  1. ^ "Full english interview of Can and Demet". tekste (in Turkish and English). Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Can Yaman kimdir?". www.biyografi.info.
  3. ^ "Can Yaman NTV Bayram Özel Reporpajı" (in Turkish).
  4. ^ "Can Yaman Kimdir ? - Can Yaman Hayatı ve Biyografisi". Haberler.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Robot değil, sağlıklı bir erkeğim". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  6. ^ "Can Yaman tuttuğunu koparır".
  7. ^ "Can Yaman." Verissimo, season 25, episode 5, Canal 5, 10 October 2020, https://www.mediasetplay.mediaset.it/.../can-yaman[permanent dead link]...
  8. ^ "Can Yaman". Hello Turkeye. 22 August 2018.
  9. ^ "Can Yaman". CNN Türk (in Turkish).
  10. ^ "Can Yaman Bio". Can Yaman Turkey. canyamanturkey.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Rol arkadaşına bardak fırlatan Can Yaman'a ceza". T24. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Selen Soyder'e bardak fırlatan Can Yaman'a ceza". www.ntv.com.tr. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Dolunay dizisi oyuncuları kimdir?".
  14. ^ "Erkenci Kuş Full HD izle | Star TV". startv.com.tr.
  15. ^ Haley. "Can Yaman and Özge Gürel to reunite in "Bay Yanlış"". dizilah.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  16. ^ Vivarelli, Nick (2020-12-22). "Turkish Star Can Yaman Set For Lux Vide Reboot of 'Sandokan' TV Series". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

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