Ekin Koç - Biography, Height, Life Story, TV Series

Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish television and cinema actor. Koç studied Business Administration (English) at the Istanbul Bilgi University and open education sociology. He graduated in theater from the Academy 35 Buçuk Art Centre and took lessons from Altan Gördüm and Vahide Perçin.

Name	Ekin Koç
Date of Birth	21 June 1992
Birth Place	Antalya, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Business Administration
College	Istanbul Bilgi University
Years active	2013–present
Currently Dating	Single

Ekin Koç had his first and main role in the fantasy TV series Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim (I will give you a secret) in which he played a young man with invisibility power called Tilki – Kıvanç Gündoğdu. This role was his big breakthrough with his first partner Demet Özdemir. He and the cast of the TV series Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim performed the song “Sevcik Mi?”, which featured on Bora Cengiz’s album. Later, he played “Seyfi Yaşar” in the period TV series Benim Adım Gültepe (My name is Gültepe).

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. 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. 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.

In 2017, he took part in the TV series Hayat Sırları (Secrets of Life) in which he played Burak Özer, a successful and idealistic film director, who has a passionate, but a complicated love story with Seher Kuzgun, a lawyer whom he met during his university studies. He also played the character Kaan in the 4th episode (called Eşitlik – Equality) of the TV series 7 Yüz broadcast on the internet platform BluTV.

Movies And TV Series

Series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2017–2018	Hayat Sırları	Burak Özer	Leading role
2019	Bozkır	Nuri Pamir Karagöz	Mini series/Leading role
2020	Succession	Kadir	Guest appearance
2020–2021	Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu	Ahmed Sencer	Leading role
2021–2022	Üç Kuruş	Efe Tekin	Leading role

Movies

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Senden Bana Kalan	Özgür Arıca	Leading role
2016	Ali and Nino	Mehmed	Leading role
2018	Bizim İçin Şampiyon	Halis Karataş	Leading role
2021	Okul Tıraşı	Selim	Leading role
2021	Kurak Günler	Murat	Leading role