- Born
- July 28, 1993 · Istanbul
- Occupation
- Actor
Biography
Deniz Can Aktaş is a Turkish actor who plays Haydar Ali Aslan in NOW’s crime drama Yeraltı, one of the breakout hits of 2026. He was born on 28 July 1993 in Istanbul to a family from İnebolu, Kastamonu.
Career
Aktaş graduated in marine engineering from Piri Reis University. He began his acting career in 2015 in Star TV’s Tatlı Küçük Yalancılar and played a lead role as Burak in Hayat Bazen Tatlıdır (2016–2017).
In 2018 he played Alp Öztürk, the son of Kudret, in Avlu, the Turkish adaptation of the Australian prison drama Wentworth.
His big breakthrough came in 2026 with Yeraltı, where he plays a young man who avenges his father, goes undercover inside a dangerous cartel and spends three years in prison, only to find the woman he loves married to his closest ally. The series ranked among the five most watched of the first half of 2026.
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