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

Biography

Barış Falay was born in Edremit,

Balıkesir Province Balıkesir Province () is a Provinces of Turkey, province and Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, metropolitan municipality in northwestern Turkey with coastlines on both the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea, Aegean. Its area is 14,583 km ...

and his family is of Bosnian descent. He graduated in theatre from

Ankara University Ankara University () is a public university, public research university in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the History of the Republic of Turkey, formation of the Turkish republ ...

. After working at the Ankara State Theatre for 2 years, he joined the İzmir City Theatre appearing in plays such as ''

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'', ''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 ''

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'' 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'' () is a Turkish television series based on the novel ''My Poplar in a Red Scarf'' by Chinghiz Aitmatov and 1978 Turkish romantic drama film ''The Girl with the Red Scarf''. It is broadcast on ATV (Turkey), ATV. Cast Refere ...

''. 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

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* {{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 Turkish people of Bosnian descent