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Tolga Tekin

Tolga Tekin

Actor · 53 years old

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Age53
Birth dateMarch 19, 1973
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBrown
EducationHacettepe University State Conservatory, Theatre Department
Former spouseZeynep Koltuk

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Tolga Tekin — Biography

Tolga Tekin is an Ankara-born actor who moved from the state theater stage to television and is known for distinctive supporting characters in series such as Behzat Ç., Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Paramparça and, more recently, Eşref Rüya. His Müslüm Çermik drew wide attention there; he announced in May 2026 that the character's death had ended his run on the show.

He began in theater. He graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 1996 and passed the State Theatres exam; from 1996 to 2004 he played at the Adana State Theatre in productions such as Hırçın Kız, Cadı Kazanı and Cimri, and directed Akıllı Soytarı. He then moved to the Ankara State Theatre, where Aşk-ı Memnu, Salome, Yastık Adam and Macbeth belong to this period. He reached the screen in 2008 with Bizim Evin Halleri, followed by Deniz Yıldızı, Kapalıçarşı, Kardelen, Reis and Zenne; he played Gorbaçov in Behzat Ç., Barbaros Hayreddin Pasha in Muhteşem Yüzyıl and Mehmet Âkif Ersoy in Vatanım Sensin. After 2020 he reached an international audience through Rise of Empires: Ottoman and 50m2, followed by Kuruluş Osman and Taçsız Prenses.

He won the Baykal Saran Theatre Award in 2011 for Yastık Adam and a best actor award in 2017 for Rüzgarda Salınan Nilüfer. He married actress Zeynep Koltuk in 2013, and they separated in 2014.

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Meet Tolga Tekin best through Müslüm Çermik in Eşref Rüya, an action series set in the world of organized crime, where his character drew wide attention. For his cinema side, look at Behzat Ç. Ankara Yanıyor: he plays Gorbaçov Hasan in both Behzat Ç. films, and that detective-and-action world makes room for distinct side characters. Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime Gömdüm is the crime-film side of the same world.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Tolga Tekin is the kind of supporting actor long series like to use: in Vatanım Sensin he plays Baytar and Mehmet Akif Ersoy, in Eşref Rüya Müslüm Çermik, so he stretches from a historical figure in a period drama to a man of the crime world. In my view those two ends are the best proof of an actor who can turn a side character into a distinct color.

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