İsmet Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish actor and musician.

Ekin Koç
Born
İsmet Ekin Koç

(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 32)
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present

Koç left Antalya to study Business Administration (English) at the Istanbul Bilgi University and start to study online education sociology.[1][2]

Career

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Film

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His first movie was Senden Bana Kalan, which is the adaptation of the Korean movie A Millionaire's First Love. He played the main role "Özgür Arıca", for which he won an Ayhan Işık Special Award.[1][3] Shortly after, he played the one eyed soldier "Mehmed" in the British movie Ali and Nino, in which Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors. The movie is an adaptation of Kurban Said's novel (1937) and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[4][5]

He starred in the film Bizim İçin: Şampiyon, based life story of jockey Halis Karataş. He is producer and actor of short film App.[6]

He went to Cannes Film Festival with films Okul Tıraşı, Kurak Günler and short film Büyük Uçuş.[7]

Television

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Koç had his first and main role in the fantasy series Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim in which he played a young man with invisibility power called Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu.[8] This role was his big breakthrough with his first partner Demet Özdemir.[1][8] He and the cast of the TV series Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim performed the song "Sevsek Mi?", which featured on Bora Cengiz's album. Later, he played "Seyfi Yaşar" in the period series Benim Adım Gültepe.[9]

Ekin Koç came to international attention for his role as "Sultan Ahmed I", the 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, which is based on a true story.[10] In 2017, he played in Hayat Sırları as Burak Özer.

He portrayed Ahmed Sencer the Seljuk ruler of Khorasan, in the series Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu. He later appeared in Üç Kuruş with a story about gypsies.

Web series

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He played the character Kaan in the fourth episode of series 7 Yüz in BluTV. He played in crime series "Bozkır". He had guest role of series Succession in HBO.

Filmography

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Film
Year Title Role Note
2015 Senden Bana Kalan Özgür Arıca Leading role
2016 Ali and Nino Mehmed Supporting role
2018 Bizim İçin Şampiyon Halis Karataş Leading role
2021 Brother's Keeper Selim
2022 Burning Days (Kurak Günler) Murat
2023 Make Me Believe (Sen İnandır) Deniz
Web series
Year Title Role Note
2017 7 Yüz Kaan Aykar Leading role of episode
2019 Bozkır Nuri Pamir Karagöz Leading role
2019 Succession Kadir Guest
TV series
Year Title Role Episodes
2013–2014 Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu Leading role
2014 Benim Adım Gültepe Seyfi Yaşar
2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Sultan Ahmed I
2017–2018 Hayat Sırları Burak Özer
2020–2021 Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu Ahmed Sencer
2021–2022 Üç Kuruş Efe Tekin
2024 Taş Kağıt Makas Umut Tanrıkulu

References

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  1. ^ a b c "EKİN KOÇ - Official Website". ekinkoc.com.tr. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
  2. ^ "TSA Türk Sineması Araştırmaları-Beta".
  3. ^ "Neslihan Atagül ile Ekin Koç yeni filmlerini anlattı" [Neslihan Atagül and Ekin Koç talk about their new films]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 18 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Kazıtılmış saçları ve burma bıyıklarıyla Halit Ergenç!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 29 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ^ "'Ali & Nino': Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Ekin Koç: Halis Karataş'ın cesareti beni çok etkiledi".
  7. ^ "Üç Kuruş'un Efe'si Ekin Koç, üç filmle Cannes Film Festivali'nde!". 20 May 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Ekin Koç: Mesleğimle ilgili her şeyi deşmek, öğrenmek istiyorum" [Ekin Koç: I want to learn everything about my profession] (in Turkish). ranini.tv. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. ^ "Ekin Koç röportajda Benim Adım Gültepe'yi anlattı NetGazetesi.Net" (in Turkish). netgazetesi.net. 6 September 2014. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  10. ^ "Global Agency: big launch of Magnificent Century Kosem - Contenido - Prensario Internacional". prensario.net. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
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