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Barış Falay
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Barış Falay

Actor · 54 years old

Şahinşah Bey in the series Kuruluş Orhan

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Age54
Birth dateApril 9, 1972
BirthplaceBalıkesir
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signAries
Eye colorBlue
EducationAnkara University Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Theatre Department
SpouseEsra Ronabar

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Barış Falay — Biography

Barış Falay moved from the stage to television and is remembered above all as Kerpeten Ali (Ali Kırgız) in Ezel, a role that won the Turkish actor the Best Actor award of the Magazine Journalists Association. He currently plays Şahinşah Bey in Kuruluş: Orhan.

After finishing the Theatre Department at Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography, he worked for two years in private theaters and at the Ankara State Theatre, then joined the city theater of Kocaeli in 1997 through its founding audition. He appeared in plays such as Hamlet, The Threepenny Opera, Roberto Zucco and Azizname, directed Deniz Kızı Masalı and Bir Yaz Gecesi Rüyası, taught at the theater's school, and left the post in December 2015. On screen he started with small parts in comedies such as Tatlı Hayat, Yarım Elma and Dadı, and first stood out as Mücahit (Müco) in Aliye. After Ezel he took the lead in the film Ya Sonra and went on to play Cemşid in Al Yazmalım, Selim Serez in Medcezir and Harun Erguvan in Paramparça.

In later years he played Kıraç Özdal in Menajerimi Ara, Reşat in Ömer and Macit in the film İyi Adamın 10 Günü. He has been married to actress Esra Ronabar since 2006.

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

For Barış Falay the yardstick is Ali Kırgız in Ezel: Kerpeten Ali as a side figure with weight of his own is one of the names that stay with that series. In later work, Reşat Ademoğlu in Yalı Çapkını and Şahinşah in Kuruluş: Orhan, he carries on a line of firm, established figures. In my view Falay is dependable in that line but has found it hard to match the sharp mark Ali Kırgız left.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Falay's reunion with Uluç Bayraktar is a steady line in his career: from Ali Kırgız in Ezel to Macit in İyi Adamın 10 Günü, it suggests the director prefers him for firm, decisive figures in a crowded cast. In my view Falay is at his best in the tense world Bayraktar builds.

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