Onur Atilla

Onur Atilla — Biography

Rüştü Onur Atilla was born on May 18, 1986, in the Samatya district of Istanbul. He discovered theater as a child, decided to pursue it seriously while attending Aydın Doğan Anatolian Vocational High School of Communication, and from 2001 performed with a range of companies. In 2012 he graduated from Anadolu University together with the Acting Department of the PERA Academy of Fine Arts. From 2006 he worked as an actor, writer and teacher with Tiyatro Kılçık and Tiyatro Bahane, and also with Tiyatro Kedi and Tiyatro Pera.

He has been productive off camera too: he wrote and performed the comedy program Partal on TRT Okul, did voice and writing work for Kasaba and Karagöz on TRT Çocuk, and taught creative drama at the Tarlabaşı Community Centre and in state schools. He first came to the screen in 2007 in the series Kavak Yelleri. His real recognition came as İbrahim Çekiç on Güldür Güldür Show, running on Show TV since 2013. In 2019 he hosted the contest Gel Hemşerim, and in 2020 appeared in the series 10 Bin Adım.

On film he played Vecdi in Dedemin Fişi, the shepherd in Salur Kazan: Zoraki Kahraman and Mahmut in Cici Babam. He married Sinem Ayyıldız on September 17, 2014; the couple, who have two sons, divorced on June 10, 2024.