Musab Ekici

Musab Ekici — Biography

Musab Ekici is an actor who turned his move from the stage to the screen into an award-winning start: for Yusuf in Babamın Kanatları he collected best supporting actor awards, and in 2023 he played Kenan in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Cannes-screened film Kuru Otlar Üstüne.

He entered the Theatre-Acting department of Istanbul University State Conservatory in 2010 and appeared on stage as a student; his performance in the play Barselo won him several awards. In 2014 he began working in television and film. In 2015 he appeared in the film Yav He He Teknotekin and played Mert in Acil Aşk Aranıyor; then came his first feature, Babamın Kanatları. For that role he was named best supporting actor at the Adana Golden Boll Film Festival in 2016, then at the Cinema Writers Association awards, the Ankara Film Festival and the 22nd Sadri Alışık awards. He later played Yener in Adını Sen Koy, Bünyamin in the television film Olmaz Böyle Şey and Derman in Kanal D's İsimsizler, whose leads were Uğur Güneş, Algı Eke and Bülent Alkış. He also played Mehmet in Dengi Dengine and Kurtcebe in Kıbrıs: Zafere Doğru.

The theater-trained actor has described being in Kuru Otlar Üstüne, which was shown at Cannes and later reached audiences on Netflix, as a privilege.