Yiğit Uçan

Yiğit Uçan — Biography

Yiğit Uçan was born on December 11, 1987, in Istanbul, the youngest child of a family of Bosniak descent; his brother is actor Cem Uçan, known for playing Ali Yar in Kuruluş: Ertuğrul and Ahmed Celaleddin Pasha in Sultan Abdülhamid. He attended Avcılar 50. Yıl High School and completed his higher education through Anadolu University's Open Education Faculty, and besides acting has also worked as a director and assistant director.

Uçan began acting around 2012 and has played Şehzade Bayezid in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Ejder in Filinta, Sebastian (Sebo) in Söz, and Şamil Çavuş in Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare, as well as appearing in the 2017 film Tatlı Şeyler. He reached his widest audience from 2019 playing Boran Bey in Kuruluş: Osman and its sequel Kuruluş: Orhan, leaving the cast of the latter series in April 2026.