Birkan Sokullu (born 6 October 1985) is a Turkish actor.
Life and career
Birkan Sokullu was born in
Istanbul
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on 6 October 1985.
Sokullu's grandparents were Bosnian immigrants. He left his basketball career after 10 years due to his leg injury. He graduated from Maltepe University with a specialty in Radio TV Programming.
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 dropped out.
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
''Gossip Girl'' is an American teen drama television series based on the novel series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, developed for television by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, ran on The CW network for six sea ...
''. 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
''Kurt Seyit ve Şura'' is Turkish television drama based on a novel of the same name in a series. (It is not a direct adaptation of ''Kurt Seyt ve Murka,'' which is the second novel in the series, nor of ''Shura'', which is the third novel.) It ...
'', ''
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''.
[https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/kelebek/hayat/birkan-sokullu-kimdir-biyografisi-40077386]
Filmography
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
Turkish male television actors
Male actors from Istanbul
Turkish people of Bosniak descent
Turkish basketball players