Niyazi Emre Altuğ (born 14 April 1970) is a Turkish actor and singer.

Biography

Emre Altug was born in

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as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. His family is of Niğde origin. He graduated from theatre department of

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State Conservatory. He is best known for films, theatre sketches "Güldür Güldür" (as different roles) and series "Tatlı Hayat" Turkish remake of The Jeffersons, youth series "Lise Defteri", "Elde Var Hayat", fantasy child series "Sihirli Annem". He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu,

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and Nilüfer, before his first album, titled ''İbreti Alem'' was released on 28 August 1998. In July 2000 he sang a song called ''Bir de bana sor'' for

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's album entitled ''Yadigar''. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, ''Sıcak'' was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like ''Kolay Para''. His third album, ''Dudak Dudağa'' came out in 2004, followed by ''Sensiz Olmuyor'' a year later. The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (''Sensiz Olmuyor'') and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on

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. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, ''Kişiye Özel''. Emre Altuğ was planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the US and wanted to start working with Mark Feist and

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(who have worked with such artists like

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and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song '' Come Together Now''), who found Emre's voice outstanding and started to work on four songs with him. He married the Turkish model

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in August 2008, with whom he has two sons. The couple divorced in 2015.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Filmography

Television series

* 2001: ''Tatlı Hayat (Sweet Life)'': Başar Yıldırım * 2003: ''Lise Defteri (High School Book)'': Genc * 2005: ''Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you)'': Arda * 2006: ''Hasret (Yearning)'': Poyraz (mini-series) * 2006: ''Gülpare'': Aslan (mini-series) * 2008: ''Mert ile Gert'': Mert * 2010: ''Elde Var Hayat'': Kenan Dağaşan * 2014: ''Otel Divane'': Fikri Divane * 2019: ''Güldür Güldür Show'': Kazım * 2021: ''Sihirli Annem'': Sadık * 2021: ''Kırmızı Oda'': Dr. Barlas Zalimoğlu * 2022 : ''

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'': ''Orhan Korhan''

Feature films

* 1999: ''Asansör (Elevator)'': Metin * 2000: ''Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür (Trees die at their roots)'': İzzet * 2000: ''Halk Çocuğu'': Ayhan Alpaylıoğulları * 2002: ''Kolay Para'': Eray * 2004: ''Neredesin Firuze (Where are you, Firuze?)'': singer * 2005: ''Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Manoeuvre)'': guest appearance * 2006: ''Asterix Vikinglere Karşı'' * 2006: ''Eve Giden Yol: 1914'': Halit * 2007: ''Bratz'' * 2010: ''Sizi Seviyorum'': Erkut * 2018: ''Sevgili Komşum'': Ragip * 2019: ''Geniş Aile Komşu Kızı''

References

Sources

Biyografi.org

External links

Sinematürk Data Sheet

Emre Altug interview
in

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