Akın Akınözü

Akın Akınözü — Biography

Akın Akınözü is a television actor best known as Miran Aslanbey in Hercai, a role that made him recognized not only in Türkiye but also in Spain, Latin America and Russia. He is currently playing Sultan Alaeddin Keykubat in Aşk ve Taht on ATV, which premieres on September 9; the press has covered the five months he spent preparing and his changed look. He shares the lead with Bosnian actress Merjem Šiljak.

He came to acting by an indirect route: while studying applied mathematics at Berkeley, some courses drew him toward the arts, and after returning to Türkiye he trained at Craft Atölye in Istanbul. His first step was the film Azrail; on television he appeared in Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem, followed by Arkadaşlar İyidir, Payitaht Abdülhamid and Aslan Ailem, where he had the lead. The turning point was Hercai in 2019. Afterwards he played Cemal, a father of three, in Kaderimin Oyunu, Umut in Tuzak, Kılıç Tütüncü in Yaban Çiçekleri and Timur Aslan in Veliaht.

For Hercai he won Best Actor in a Dramatic Series at the Golden Lens Awards and, in Spain, the Premio Nova for best male actor and a Best Couple prize. In 2026 a workshop was opened in memory of his mother, the actress and dubbing artist Özlem Akınözü, in Bingöl.