Bartu Küçükçağlayan

Bartu Küçükçağlayan — Biography

Bartu Küçükçağlayan is one of the few Turkish actors who carries stage, screen and music at once. He is best known for Mertkan in the film Çoğunluk and Orçun in the series Yalan Dünya, and he also performs as the guitarist and lead singer of the independent rock band Büyük Ev Ablukada, under the nickname "Canavar Banavar". In 2025 it was announced that he would return to the screen in a Netflix project.

His career began in the theater: during his conservatory years he appeared with Kent Oyuncuları in İnishmorelu Yüzbaşı and Kumarbazın Seçimi, the latter earning him four awards, and he drew attention with Şeylerin Şekli and Tiyatro Krek productions. From 2004 he moved into television with Haziran Gecesi, Çapkın and Binbir Gece. The turning point was 2010: Seren Yüce's Çoğunluk won him best actor at the Antalya Altın Portakal festival, and Av Mevsimi came out the same year. Yalan Dünya then brought him the Altın Kelebek for Best Male Comedy Actor. Later he appeared in The Cut, Masum, Jet Sosyete and Kelebekler, and played a version of himself in Bartu Ben, which he also helped write.

In 2020, during the lockdown, the Instagram broadcasts Mücbir Sebepler that he made with Melikşah Altuntaş ran until March 2021 and won him a wide following. He trained at the Istanbul University State Conservatory.