Caner Kurtaran

Caner Kurtaran — Biography

It was as Şevket Tekin in the series Yaprak Dökümü that Caner Kurtaran, a Turkish film and television actor with a theatre background, first reached a wide audience. Over the years he has played many characters on television and in film, and he continues to take on new projects.

He began his conservatory studies in Eskişehir, transferred to Istanbul after the first year and graduated from the Theatre Department of the Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory; he then worked for several years on contract at the Istanbul State Theatre. His first on-camera role was the Thief in Yılan Hikayesi in 1999. He then appeared in the series Güz Yangını and Kırık Kanatlar and made his film debut in Kurtlar Vadisi Irak, and the years of Yaprak Dökümü (2006-2009) made him a familiar face. He went on to play Mehmet in Aşk ve Ceza, Selim in Huzur Sokağı, Ali Suavi in Çırağan Baskını and İzak Wolowitz in Kalbimdeki Deniz.

Later series include Tek Yürek (as Emre), Kimse Bilmez (as Manyak Nedim), Eşkiya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz (as İshak), 1973: Biltmore Oteli Cinayeti (as Mehmet Baydar) and Hudutsuz Sevda (as Mecnun Binbaşı). On the big screen he has appeared in Ayla, Müslüm, Türk İşi Dondurma, Aybüke: Öğretmen Oldum Ben (as Sadık Yalçın), Garip Bülbül Neşet Ertaş, Malazgirt 1071 (as the Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes) and Kocamın Avukatıyım (as Commissioner Murat).