Birkan Sokullu (born 6 October 1985) is a Turkish actor.
Birkan Sokullu | |
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Born | (1985-10-06) 6 October 1985 (age 37) Istanbul, Turkey |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Spouse |
Birkan Sokullu was born in Istanbul on 6 October 1985.[1] Sokullu's grandparents were Bosnian immigrants.[2] Sokullu 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 Departmant of İstanbul Aydın University for one year. But he left.[4]
Birkan started to get noticed that joined as new characters in the popular series including "Küçük Kadınlar", youth series "Melekler Korusun", crime series "Uçurum". His first popular leading role is Demir (original role, Dan) in Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish remake of Gossip Girl. His fame gained with hit series "Hayat Şarkısı" and "Masumlar Apartmanı". His period series are "Kurt Seyit ve Şura", "Rise of Empires: Ottoman", "Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm", "Bir Aile Hikayesi", "Fatih". He played in vampire series "Yaşamayanlar" with Kerem Bürsin, Elçin Sangu and horror film "Güzelliğin Portresi".[5]
Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes |
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2008 | Küçük Kadınlar | Ayaz | Kanal D | Joined |
Elif | Mustafa | ATV | Supporting role | |
2009–2010 | Melekler Korusun | Levent | Show TV | Joined |
2010–2011 | Küçük Sırlar | Demir | Kanal D – Star TV | Leading role |
2012 | Uçurum | Ulaş | 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 | Leading role |
2017 | Yüz Yüze | Cihangir | Show TV | Leading role |
2019 | Bir Aile Hikayesi | Berk Güneş | Fox | Leading role |
2020 | Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm | Topkapılı Cambaz Mehmet Bey | TRT 1 | mini series /Leading role |
2020–2022 | Masumlar Apartmanı | Han Derenoğlu | Leading role |
Year | Project | Role | Platform | Notes |
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2018 | Yaşamayanlar | Numel | BluTV | Leading role |
2020 | Rise of Empires: Ottoman | Giovanni Giustiniani | Netflix | docudrama/ Leading role |
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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2019 | Kronoloji | Hakan | Ali Aydın | Leading role |
Güzelliğin Portresi | Özgür | Umur Turagay | Leading role |