Onur Tuna (born 2 July 1985) is a Turkish actor and singer. He is known for his roles in ''
Filinta
''Filinta'' is a Turkish detective fiction television series created for TRT1 by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it is the largest television series set in Turkey. It was located in İzmit (Turkey). It pr ...
'', ''
Yasak Elma
''Yasak Elma'' (English title: ''Forbidden Apple'') is a Turkish television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite televis ...
'', ''
Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi'' and ''Mucize Doktor''.
Life and career
Tuna was born in
Çanakkale
Çanakkale (pronounced ), ancient ''Dardanellia'' (), is a city and seaport in Turkey in Çanakkale province on the southern shore of the Dardanelles at their narrowest point. The population of the city is 195,439 (2021 estimate).
Çanakkale is ...
. His maternal is of Turkish origin who immigrated from
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki (; el, Θεσσαλονίκη, , also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece, with over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area, and the capi ...
, Ottoman Empire (today in Greece). His mother is retired from the land office, his father is a teacher of mathematics.
He completed his undergraduate education at
Dokuz Eylül University
Dokuz Eylül University ( tr, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, ...
Faculty of Economics. He also studied Turkish classical music at
Ege University
Ege University or Aegean University ( tr, Ege Üniversitesi) is a public research university in Bornova, İzmir. It was founded in 1955 with the faculties of Medicine and Agriculture. It is the first university to start courses in İzmir and the ...
Conservatory. Onur Tuna who knows how to play the guitar also has two songs called Acın Verdi and Tıpkı Sen. Onur Tuna has played licensed volleyball and basketball since the middle school years. He started to take part in theater plays in middle school and high school years. While studying at University in
İzmir
İzmir ( , ; ), also spelled Izmir, is a metropolitan city in the western extremity of Anatolia, capital of the province of the same name. It is the third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara and the second largest urban agglo ...
, he worked as a professional model for four years. He studied acting at Izmir Müjdat Gezen Art Center. When Onur Tuna settled down in
Istanbul
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, he took private lessons for acting. Those acting pieces of training were containing method and front-camera acting skills. For this purpose, he worked with Ümit Çırak,
Ayla Algan
Ayla Algan (born 29 October 1937) is a Turkish film/stage actress and singer.
Biography
Ayla Algan was born in Istanbul and spent her childhood in France where she studied at Lycée Notre Dame de Sion Istanbul and Versailles Lycee. Then she mo ...
, Craft Theatre and Saim Güveloğlu.
His acting career started with ''Hayat Devam Ediyor'' (Life Goes On) Turkish TV series in 2011. Other TV series he took part in are ''Huzur Sokağı'' (Street of Peace), ''
Filinta
''Filinta'' is a Turkish detective fiction television series created for TRT1 by Yusuf Esenkal and Serdar Öğretici. Filmed in Seka Park Film studio, it is the largest television series set in Turkey. It was located in İzmit (Turkey). It pr ...
'', ''Cesur Yürek'' (Brave Heart), ''
Yasak Elma
''Yasak Elma'' (English title: ''Forbidden Apple'') is a Turkish television series
A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite televis ...
'', and ''Mucize Doktor'' (Miracle Doctor).
Onur Tuna also acted in two movies in Turkey. In 2014, he played as an actor in ''
Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi'' Turkish drama film. Tuna continued his career with the TV series ''Cesur Yürek''. He also was a leading actor in the movie ''Ağır Romantik'' (Heavy Romance or Severely Romantic). Tuna also played in a short film by Yadel Uzun titled ''Kir''. In 2019, he started playing Ferman in ''Mucize Doktor'', an adaptation of South Korean TV series ''
Good Doctor''.
As of 2021, he shares the lead roles with
İsmail Hacıoğlu
İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of former Fenerbahçe player Mehmet Hacıoğlu.
Career
His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He started acting by playing in a play when he w ...
in the
Fox Türkiye series ''Mahkum'', an adaptation of ''
Innocent Defendant
''Innocent Defendant'' () is a South Korean television series starring Ji Sung with Um Ki-joon, Kwon Yu-ri, Oh Chang-seok and Uhm Hyun-kyung. It aired on SBS from January 23 to March 21, 2017 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 ( KST) for 18 episo ...
''.
Filmography
TV series
Movies
Discography
EPs
Singles
* "Yangın Yeri" (2019)
* "Bi' Hiçmişim Gibi" (2022)
References
External links
*
Sinema Türk – Onur Tuna
1985 births
Turkish male television actors
People from Çanakkale
Living people
Ege University alumni
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