Cansel Elçin (born September 20, 1973) is a Turkish

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Biography

Cansel Elçin was born on September 20, 1973, in

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, but his family moved to

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when he was 9 years old. Elcin grew up trilingually and can speak French,

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and Turkish. He studied in the Ecole Florent in

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, where he was classmates with Audrey Tautou. He has French citizenship. He is known for the hit period series ''Hatırla Sevgili'', with Beren Saat and Okan Yalabık. In 2009, Elcin directed his first feature film, ''Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar''. He performs at various theatres.

Filmography

Series

Films

Awards

Elçin won the Best Male TV Actor Award for his role in ''Hatırla Sevgili'', at

Beykent University Beykent University () is a foundation university in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching in English, Russian combined and Turkish with 29,401 students. Beykent University has agreements with European universities under the Socrates and Erasmus programmes, ...

Faculty of Communations, 2008 Communation Awards; which honors the year's bests as voted by the students.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elcin, Cansel 1973 births Living people French people of Turkish descent Turkish expatriates in France Turkish male television actors Turkish male film actors French male television actors French male film actors Cours Florent alumni