Birkan Sokullu

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Birkan Sokullu
Birkan Sokullu (cropped).jpg
Sokullu in 2020
Born (1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 38)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present
Spouse
(m. 2012;div. 2015)

Birkan Sokullu (born 6 October 1985) is a Turkish actor.

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Life and career

Birkan Sokullu was born in Istanbul on 6 October 1985. [1] Sokullu's maternal grandparents were Bosnian immigrants while his father's side is of Turkish origins. [2] He left his basketball career after 10 years due to his leg injury. [3] He graduated from Maltepe University with a specialty in Radio TV Programming. [1] While studying at university, he began his modelling career. He took acting lessons from Dolunay Soysert. He also studied in Drama and Acting Department of İstanbul Aydın University for one year but he dropped out. [4]

Sokullu started to get noticed after he joined the cast of popular series including Küçük Kadınlar, Melekler Korusun, and Uçurum. His first popular leading role is Demir in Küçük Sırlar , the Turkish remake of Gossip Girl . His gained fame with hit series Hayat Şarkısı and Masumlar Apartmanı . He has also appeared in a number of historical drama series such as Kurt Seyit ve Şura , Rise of Empires: Ottoman , Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm, Bir Aile Hikayesi, and Fatih. In 2018, Sokullu starred in the fictional series Yaşamayanlar with Kerem Bürsin and Elçin Sangu. He also had a leading role in the 2019 horror film Güzelliğin Portresi. [5]

Filmography

TV Series
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2008 Elif Mustafa ATV Supporting role
Küçük KadınlarAyaz Kanal D Joined
2009–2010Melekler KorusunLevent Show TV
2010–2011Küçük SırlarDemir Kanal DStar TV Leading role
2012UçurumUlaş ATV Joined
2013 Fatih Şehzade Mustafa Kanal D Supporting role
2014 Kurt Seyit ve Şura Petro Borinsky Star TV Leading role
2016–2017 Hayat Şarkısı Kerim Cevher Kanal D
2017Yüz YüzeCihangir Show TV
2019Bir Aile HikayesiBerk Güneş Fox
2020–2022 Masumlar Apartmanı Han Derenoğlu TRT 1
2022 Kırmızı Oda TV8 Guest appearance
2023 Yüz Yıllık Mucize Kemal/Ali Tahir/Eşref Star TV Leading role
Digital
YearProjectRolePlatformNotes
2018 Yaşamayanlar NumelBluTVLeading role
2020 Rise of Empires: Ottoman Giovanni Giustiniani Netflix docudrama/ Leading role
2020Ya İstiklal Ya ÖlümTopkapılı Cambaz Mehmet BeyTabii /TRT 1mini series/ Leading role
Cinema
YearFilmRoleDirectorNotes
2019KronolojiHakanAli AydınLeading role
Güzelliğin PortresiÖzgürUmur TuragayLeading role

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References

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  4. "Kimin oyuncusu".
  5. "Birkan Sokullu kimdir?". 29 March 2016.