Ümit Kantarcılar

Ümit Kantarcılar — Biography

Ümit İbrahim Kantarcılar is an actor whose path ran from school stages to television series. Known for playing Civan in Kazara Aşk and Ulcay in Kuruluş Osman, he had earlier appeared as the character Ceyhun in Show TV's youth comedy Pis Yedili and presented atv's competition program Kızlar ve Anneleri. He joined Bir Zamanlar İstanbul in 2025 and has since left the series.

He started with school theater, won an award at Antalya Municipal Theatre for a musical play called Midirfillik, began studying at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center in 2005 and then acted at the Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre. He entered television in 2006 with a small part in İki Aile; Hayat Türküsü from the same year is also in his filmography. In the early 2010s came Çakıl Taşları, Yerden Yüksek, Küçük Sırlar and Babalar ve Evlatlar, followed by Şehrin Melekleri and Rengarenk.

In later years he moved into mainstream productions: he played Onur in atv's Kanatsız Kuşlar, took part in Vuslat, and appeared on the big screen in Savaş Yiğit Çukurtepe, Bizim Semtin Çocukları and Dert Bende. More recently he was cast in Kazara Aşk in 2021 and Kuruluş Osman in 2024.