Kaan Yıldırım

Kaan Yıldırım — Biography

Kaan Yıldırım is an actor and producer who built a television career, begun with Kayıp in 2013, through series such as Ulan İstanbul and Halka, and who shares the lead with Eda Ece in the 2026 Netflix film Sonunda Sen. He studied marketing at Brunel University before turning to acting and trained at the Başkent Communication Sciences Academy.

He first appeared on screen as Kadir in Kayıp; his real breakthrough came in 2014 as Ferdi in Ulan İstanbul, alongside Uğur Polat, Sevtap Özaltun, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil and Şebnem Bozoklu. In 2015 he shared the lead of the summer series Adı Mutluluk as Batu Değirmenci. In the following years he appeared in Kalbim Yangın Yeri, Klavye Delikanlıları (Kerem), a spin-off of the Çakallarla Dans film franchise, and İnsanlık Suçu (Cemal Gökdemir). In 2019 he starred in TRT 1's crime series Halka with Hande Erçel and Serkan Çayoğlu, then joined Hekimoğlu, the Turkish adaptation of House, and played Korkut Ali Türkoğlu in Sipahi (2022).

On the big screen he has appeared in Ümmü Sıbyan: Zifir, Yok Artık! and Bölük. Sonunda Sen, released in 2026, puts him in the lead of a Netflix film for the first time. He married the actress Pınar Deniz in 2024, and the couple had a son in 2025.