Ekin Koç

Ekin Koç
Born İsmet Ekin Koç
(1992-06-21) 21 June 1992
Alanya Antalya, Turkey
Occupation Actor
Years active 2013–present
Parent(s) Şefika Koç, Vehbi Koç

İsmet Ekin Koç (born 21 June 1992) is a Turkish television and cinema actor. Koç is still studying in Business Administration (English) from Istanbul Bilgi University and open education sociology. He graduated theatre at the Academy 35 Buçuk Art Centre from Altan Gördüm and Vahide Perçin.[1]

Ekin Koç had his first and main role in the fantastic TV series "Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim" (I will give you a secret) in which he played a thief with invisible power called Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu (Fox) .[2] This role was his big breakthrough.[1][2] He and the cast of the TV series Sana Bir Sır Verecegim performed the song "Sevsek Mi?", which featured on Bora Cengiz 's album. Later, he played "Seyfi Yaşar" in the period TV series "Benim Adım Gültepe" (My name is Gültepe).[3]

His first movie was Senden Bana Kalan (What's left of you), which is the adaptation of the Korean movie "A Millionaire's First Love". He played the main role "Özgür Arıca", for which he won an Ayhan Işık Special Award.[1][4] Shortly after, he played the one eyed soldier "Mehmed" in the British movie "Ali and Nino", in which Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri were the lead actors. The movie is an adaptation of Kurban Said's novel (1937) and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[5][6] Ekin Koç came to international attention for his role as "Sultan Ahmed I", the 14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, in the TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl Kösem, which is based on a true story.[7]

In 2017, he took part in the TV series Hayat Sırları (Secrets of Life) in which he played Burak Özer, a successful and idealistic film director, who has a passionate, but difficult love story with Seher Kuzgun, a lawyer whom he met during his university studies. He also played the character Kaan in the 4th episode (called Eşitlik - Equality) of the TV series 7Yüz which was broadcast on the internet platform BluTV.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Note
2015 Senden Bana Kalan Özgür Arıca
2016 Ali and Nino Mehmed
TV Series
Year Title Role Episodes
2013–2014 Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim Tilki - Kıvanç Gündoğdu 22
2014 Benim Adım Gültepe Seyfi Yaşar 8
2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Sultan Ahmed I,14th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire 25
2017 7Yüz: Eşitlik Kaan Aykar 4th episode
2017−2018 Hayat Sırları Burak Özer 11

References

  1. 1 2 3 "EKİN KOÇ | Official Website". ekinkoc.com.tr. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
  2. 1 2 "Ekin Koç: Mesleğimle ilgili her şeyi deşmek, öğrenmek istiyorum" [Ekin Koç: I want to learn everything about my profession] (in Turkish). ranini.tv. 2014-11-28. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Ekin Koç röportajda Benim Adım Gültepe’yi anlattı NetGazetesi.Net" (in Turkish). netgazetesi.net. 2014-09-06. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Neslihan Atagül ile Ekin Koç yeni filmlerini anlattı" [Neslihan Atagül and Ekin Koç talk about their new films]. Hürriyet (in Turkish). 2015-04-18. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ↑ "Kazıtılmış saçları ve burma bıyıklarıyla Halit Ergenç!". Milliyet (in Turkish). 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ "'Ali & Nino': Sundance Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  7. ↑ "Global Agency: big launch of Magnificent Century Kosem - Contenido | Prensario Internacional". prensario.net. 2015-10-26. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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