Gökhan Alkan (born 8 December 1987) is a Turkish actor. He is multi-faceted in various fields and is trained in

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, singing and is professionally engaged in acting, sports, voice acting, poetry and lyricism.

Early life

Gökhan Alkan was born on December 8, 1987, in

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. He has an associate degree from

Kocaeli University Kocaeli University ( Turkish: Kocaeli Üniversitesi) is a state university in İzmit, Turkey. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The electrical and mechanical engineering departments, basic scien ...

in "Teaching Automotive Technologies" and another associate degree from

Anadolu University Anadolu University () is a public university in Eskişehir, Turkey. Anadolu University Distance Education Faculty (or Anadolu University Global Campus) serves as the national provider of distance education and is a member of the European Associ ...

in "Foreign Trade and Marketing". He was involved in amateur theatre groups in high school and university years and gave live music performances during the same time. After studying for a year at

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Art Center, he was chosen for the Müjdat Gezen Theatre as a professional actor. Alkan received his acting and singing education at MSM Actor Studio and Müjdat Gezen Art Center. From 2010 to 2013, he acted in several plays for two seasons at Müjdat Gezen Theatre and after graduation he eventually set up his own theatre with a group of friends.

Career

The first television experience of Alkan in professional terms has been with the historical series ''

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'', a project that was launched in 2011 and brought a big sound. He joined several episodes of ''Muhteşem Yüzyıl'' as a guest actor, drawing a lot of attention towards his performance and personality. As a result, he was cast for several lead roles afterward. Alkan started being recognized as a mainstream actor in Turkey with his lead role as Tarık Uygun in ''Kocamın Ailesi'', which had a run of two seasons with 57 episodes with Beren Gökyıldız. Following ''Kocamın Ailesi'' Alkan was cast for the lead roles in series ''Seviyor Sevmiyor'' with

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and medical series ''Kalp Atışı'' with

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as Yiğit Balcı and Ali Asaf Denizoğlu. He shared the lead roles with Yağmur Tanrısevsin in the romantic drama ''Kalp Yarası''. In 2016, Alkan played lead roles in two non-commercial films, ''Makas'' and ''Defne'nin Bir Mevsimi''. ''Defne'nin Bir Mevsimi'' was crowned with many titles in numerous film festivals and was awarded the Best Film at the 9th Montreal Turkish Film Festival in 2017. Alkan was honored with a Special Award at

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held in South Korea for his performance as Yiğit Balcı in ''Seviyor Sevmiyor'', a variation of a Korean production. He was a part of the ensemble cast of ''Organik Aşk Hikayeleri'', a feature film consisting of 8 short films. ''Organik Aşk Hikayeleri'' was nominated for 7 awards at the 2017 Madrid International Film Festival with one win, and 4 awards at the 2017 Toronto ReelHeART International Film Festival with wins Best Foreign Language Film and Best Ensemble Cast.

Personal life

Alkan is diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome and has used this condition as an advantage to concentrate and give all his energies to his work. Due to this condition Alkan has been forced to plan and schedule his life since he was diagnosed.

Filmography

Films

Television series

Theatre

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Alkan, Gökhan 1987 births Living people Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male television actors Turkish male film actors