Ekin Koç

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Ekin Koç
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Born (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 29)
Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish television and film actor.

Biography[]

Koç left to study Business Administration (English) at the Istanbul Bilgi University and start to study online education sociology. He graduated in theater from the Academy 35 Buçuk Art Centre, and took lessons from Altan Gördüm and Vahide Perçin.[1]

Koç had his first and main role in the fantasy TV series ("I will give you a secret") in which he played a young man with invisibility power called Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu.[2] This role was his big breakthrough with his first partner Demet Özdemir.[1][2] He and the cast of the TV series Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim performed the song "Sevsek Mi?", which featured on 's album. Later, he played "Seyfi Yaşar" in the period TV series ("My name is Gültepe").[3]

His first movie was Senden Bana Kalan ("What's left of you"), which is the adaptation of the Korean movie A Millionaire's First Love. He played the main role "Özgür Arıca", for which he won an Ayhan Işık Special Award.[1][4] Shortly after, he played the one eyed soldier "Mehmed" in the British movie Ali and Nino, in which Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors. The movie is an adaptation of Kurban Said's novel (1937) and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[5][6] Ekin Koç came to international attention for his role as "Sultan Ahmed I", the 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, which is based on a true story.[7]

In 2017, he took part in the TV series ("Secrets of life") in which he played Burak Özer, a successful and idealistic film director, who has a passionate, but difficult love story with Seher Kuzgun, a lawyer whom he met during his university studies. He also played the character Kaan in the fourth episode (called "Eşitlik" - "Equality") of the TV series 7 Yüz which was broadcast on the internet platform BluTV.

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Role Note
2015 Senden Bana Kalan Özgür Arıca
2016 Ali and Nino Mehmed
2018 Bizim İçin Şampiyon Halis Karataş
TV series
Year Title Role Episodes
2013–2014 Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu Leading role
2014 Benim Adım Gültepe Seyfi Yaşar Leading role
2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Sultan Ahmed I Leading role
2017 7 Yüz Kaan Aykar Leading role of episode
2017−2018 Hayat Sırları Burak Özer Leading role
2019 Bozkır Nuri Pamir Mini series/Leading role
2020 Succession Kadir Guest appearance
2020−2021 Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu Ahmed Sencer Leading role
2021– Efe Leading role

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "EKİN KOÇ - Official Website". ekinkoc.com.tr. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Ekin Koç: Mesleğimle ilgili her şeyi deşmek, öğrenmek istiyorum" [Ekin Koç: I want to learn everything about my profession] (in Turkish). ranini.tv. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Ekin Koç röportajda Benim Adım Gültepe'yi anlattı NetGazetesi.Net" (in Turkish). netgazetesi.net. 6 September 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Neslihan Atagül ile Ekin Koç yeni filmlerini anlattı" [Neslihan Atagül and Ekin Koç talk about their new films]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 18 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Kazıtılmış saçları ve burma bıyıklarıyla Halit Ergenç!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "'Ali & Nino': Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Global Agency: big launch of Magnificent Century Kosem - Contenido - Prensario Internacional". prensario.net. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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