Kenan İmirzalıoğlu

Kenan İmirzalıoğlu — Biography

Kenan İmirzalıoğlu is a leading man of Turkish television, closely tied to brave, revenge-driven characters. He is remembered chiefly as Yusuf Miroğlu in Deli Yürek, Ezel Bayraktar in Ezel and Mahir Kara in Karadayı. Since 2026 he has played Doğan Hancıoğlu in the atv series A.B.İ.

He began modeling while studying mathematics, won Best Model of Turkey in 1997 and then Best Model of the World. Osman Sınav noticed him and cast him in Deli Yürek, which was followed in 2001 by the film Deli Yürek: Bumerang Cehennemi. In the 2000s he shared the lead with Uğur Yücel in the series Alacakaranlık and played Cevher, a man who cannot get over what he went through in military service, in Yücel's Yazı Tura; as Devran in Kabadayı he played a villain for the first time. He returned to television in 2009 with Ezel and became a nationwide star. In 2012 he appeared in Osman Sınav's film Uzun Hikaye, and he took the lead in Cingöz Recai: Bir Efsanenin Dönüşü, adapted from Peyami Safa, which did poorly at the box office; in 2018 he played Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror in Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi.

Besides acting, he hosted Kim Milyoner Olmak İster? from 2019 to 2024. He married the actress Sinem Kobal in 2016. For the new season of A.B.İ. he is reunited, after 11 years, with Bergüzar Korel, his co-star in Karadayı.