Faik Ergin

Faik Ergin — Biography

With a civil engineering degree behind him, Faik Ergin began as a model before building his career as an actor in Turkish television drama. He is best known as Doctor Yusuf in Küçük Ağa and as Murat in Cesur Yürek, and more recently appeared in productions such as Payitaht Abdülhamid and Metamorfoz: Kırılma.

After attending the English College in Libya and school in İskenderun, Ergin graduated from Istanbul Technical University, then turned to modeling and acting. He won the Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of World titles; he began modeling in 2000 and the same year made his first screen appearance in a small role in the television film Fosforlu Cevriye. He trained at the Şahika Tekand Studio and then played the engineer Selim Sayar in the film Şarkıcı. Television work followed: Berk in Gümüş, Deniz in Hacı, Tibet in Genco and Tayfun in Uygun Adım Aşk. With the cast of Genco he also appeared in a music video by Aslı Güngör.

In the 2010s his parts included Ali "Topan" Sönmezoğlu as a guest in Galip Derviş, Yusuf in Küçük Ağa, Murat in Cesur Yürek and Kemal in Kanatsız Kuşlar. In film he appeared in Öteki Oğul, Sakın Söyleme and Aşk Nerede?, and in 2012 he took the stage in the play Ayışığı Tarifesi.