Barış Falay (born 9 April 1972) is a Turkish actor.

Biography

Barış Falay was born in Edremit,

Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province ( tr, ) is a province in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its adjacent provinces are Çanakkale Province, Çanakkale to the west, İzmir Province, İzmir to the southw ...

and his family is of Bosnian descent. He graduated in theatre from Ankara University. After working at the Ankara State Theatre for 2 years, he joined the İzmir City Theatre appearing in plays such as ''

Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...

'', ''Üç Kuruşluk Opera'', ''Misafir'', ''Kamyon'', ''Roberto Zucco'', ''Kırmızı Yorgunları'', ''Azizname'', ''Barış'', ''Bahar Noktası'', ''Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz'' and ''Karar Kimin''. He directed the plays ''Deniz Kızı Masalı'' and ''Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası'', and taught at the theatre's school. Later Falay joined the Kocaeli Metropolitan Theatre. He began his television career in sitcoms such as ''Tatlı Hayat'', ''Yarım Elma'' and ''

Dadı ''Dadı'' is a Turkish remake of ''The Nanny'', one of the most successful sitcoms in the United States of the 1990s. The program is set in the wealthy neighborhood of Nişantaşı, Istanbul. It was broadcast to countries outside Turkey. Plot Mel ...

'' after which he played in the series ''Aliye''. Between 2009 and 2011, he played Kerpeten Ali Kırgız in the series '' Ezel'' for which he won a number of acting awards. Falay played a lead role in the film ''Ya Sonra''. Falay returned to television in 2011 with the series ''

Al Yazmalım ''Al Yazmalım'' ( en, The Girl with the Red Scarf) is a Turkish television series based on the novel ''My Poplar in a Red Scarf'' by Chinghiz Aitmatov Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (as transliterated from Russian; ky, Чыңгыз Төрө� ...

''. From 2013 to 2015, he played Selim Serez on the television series ''

Medcezir ''Medcezir'' (''Tide'') is a Turkish teen drama series written by Ece Yörenç and Melek Gençoğlu. It is an adaptation of the American TV series ''The O.C.'', created by Josh Schwartz. The story revolves around Yaman Koper, a boy with a poor ba ...

''.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Falay, Baris 1972 births Living people Ankara University alumni People from Edremit, Balıkesir Turkish male film actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish male television actors