Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (born 17 June 1974) is a

Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...

actor and former model. İmirzalıoğlu appeared in the action films ''

Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali ''The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali'' ( tr, ) is a 2007 Turkish action film, directed by Mustafa Şevki Doğan based on the book by Suat Yalaz, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu as the titular hero Tahtacızade "Yandım" Ali, who is inspired by the l ...

'' (The Last Ottoman: Knockout Ali) and '' Kabadayı'' (For Love and Honor). He returned to television in 2009 with the series '' Ezel'' and also starred in the action film ''

Ejder Kapanı ''Dragon Trap'' ( tr, Ejder Kapanı) is a 2010 Turkish crime-thriller film, directed by Uğur Yücel, about two detectives investigating a series of murders of released pedophiles, which was sponsored by the Istanbul Police Department. The film, wh ...

'' (Dragon Trap) directed by

Uğur Yücel Uğur Yücel (born 26 May 1957) is a Turkish film actor, producer and director. He graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul Municipality Conservatory (İstanbul Belediye Konservatuarı Tiyatro Bölümü). He took part in several pl ...

Early life

Kenan İmirzalioğlu's lineage came from

Uzun Hasan Uzun Hasan or Uzun Hassan ( اوزون حسن; fa, اوزون حسن; 1423 – January 6, 1478; where ''uzun'' means "tall" in Oghuz Turkic) was a ruler of the Turkoman Aq Qoyunlu state and is generally considered to be its strongest ruler. Ha ...

's state who was a sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu dynasty, also known as the White Sheep Turkomans. He studied at

Yıldız Technical University Yıldız Technical University ( Tr. ''Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi'', often simply referred to as YTU or Yıldız) is a prominent technical university dedicated to engineering and natural sciences as well as social sciences recently, and is one ...

for the Math department. In 1997, he joined the

Best Model of Turkey Best Model of Turkey is a female or male beauty competition. From 1988 to 1993, only Turkey's best female model was chosen in the competition. Since 1993, male models are also included. There were two exceptions: in 2004 when in addition to a mal ...

and came first. In the same year, he joined the

Best Model of the World Best Model of Turkey is a female or male beauty competition. From 1988 to 1993, only Turkey's best female model was chosen in the competition. Since 1993, male models are also included. There were two exceptions: in 2004 when in addition to a mal ...

and won. Then he drew attention of

Osman Sınav Osman Sınav (born 1956) is a Turkish director, producer and screenwriter. Biography He studied Art and also finished courses in Textile Design, cinema and television at the Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy. He worked as a copywriter from 1979 t ...

who is producer and screenwriter and he took his first role for Osman Sınav's TV series called '' Deli Yürek'' as leading actor.

Personal life

İmirzalıoğlu was close with

Tuncel Kurtiz Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director. Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Early year ...

and loved him a lot. He was with him on many TV Shows including '' Ezel''. However he died just a couple years later the show was over. Kenan would spend time with him at his farms, houses, etc. On 14 May 2016, İmirzalıoğlu married actress

Sinem Kobal Sinem Kobal (born 14 August 1987) is a Turkish television and film actress. Career At the age of thirteen, She started her acting career in the sitcom ''Dadı'' which adaptation of "The Nanny" as Dilara Giritli. She has starred in many films and ...

. The couple's first child, a daughter named Lalin, was born in October 2020. Their second daughter, named Leyla, was born in May 2022.

Filmography

TV series

* '' Deli Yürek'' (Yusuf Miroğlu) (1998–2002) * '' Alacakaranlık'' (Ferit Çağlayan) (2003–2005) * '' Zağara ve Diğerleri'' (Police) (2005) * '' Bitter Life'' (Mehmet Kosovalı) (2005–2007) * '' Ezel'' (Ezel Bayraktar) (2009–2011) * ''

Karadayı ''Karadayı'' ( en, The Uncle in Black) is a Turkish television drama series produced by Ay Yapım and broadcast on ATV. It was directed by Uluç Bayraktar (who also directed '' Ezel''). It originally aired on 8 October 2012 in Turkey. It sta ...

'' (Mahir Kara) (2012–2015) * ''Mehmed Bir Cihan Fatihi'' (

Sultan Mehmed II Mehmed II ( ota, محمد ثانى, translit=Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; tr, II. Mehmed, ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror ( ota, ابو الفتح, Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit=the Father of Conquest, links=no; tr, Fâtih Su ...

) (2018) * ''Alef'' (Kemal) (2020) Asi hayat (Usman Sinav)

Films

* '' Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi'' (Yusuf Miroğlu) (2001) * ''

Yazı Tura ''Toss-Up'' ( tr, Yazı Tura) is a 2004 Turkish drama film, produced, written and directed by Uğur Yücel, starring Kenan İmirzalıoğlu and Olgun Şimşek as two soldiers return home from their military service in southeastern Turkey with dis ...

'' (Hayalet Cevher) (2004) * ''

'' (Yandım Ali) (2006) * '' Kabadayı'' (Devran) (2007) * ''

'' (Akrep Celal) (2009) * ''

Uzun Hikâye ''Uzun Hikâye'' (''A Long Story'') is a 2012 Turkish drama film, co-produced by Suat Kapkı and Taner Özbel written by Yiğit Güralp and directed by Osman Sınav based on a novella by Mustafa Kutlu. The movie premiered on October 12, 2012. Plo ...

'' (Ali) (2012) * '' Cingöz Recai'' (Recai) (2017) * '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem'' (Donatello, English version) (2023)

TV programs

* ''

Kim Milyoner Olmak İster? ''Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?'' (English translation: ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'') is a Turkish game show based on the original British format of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. The program was broadcast from August 2, 2011. The main g ...

'' (2019–)

Awards

Cinema

Television

References

External links

* 1974 births Living people Turkish male models Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Best Actor Golden Boll Award winners 21st-century Turkish male actors Male actors from Ankara Golden Butterfly Award winners {{Turkey-actor-stub