Metin Akdülger

Metin Akdülger is a Turkish actor, writer and musician known for Murad IV in Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, his role in Medcezir and the Netflix fantasy series Atiye (The Gift). He was born on 10 April 1988.

Early life

Akdülger acted in amateur plays and made short films as a teenager, then took acting classes while studying at Koç University, where he continued in student theatre. He joined Craft Theatre in 2012 and made his professional stage debut in Tape.

Career

In 2013 he joined the cast of Medcezir and made his film debut in Bensiz, playing a footballer who suffers a stroke. He returned to the stage with Mary in 2014, starred in the period series Analar ve Anneler (2015) and appeared in Kahramanlar Hep Erkek (2016), adapted from Duygu Asena’s autobiography.

His first TV lead was Sultan Murad IV in the second season of Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem (2016). His solo stage show Baldan Karanlık (2017) won him Promising Actor of the Year at the Üstün Akmen Theatre Awards. He had a lead in My Favourite Fabric, which premiered at Cannes in 2018, and then appeared in the International Emmy-winning crime series Şahsiyet and in Atiye (2019).

Beyond acting

Akdülger co-writes the comic book series Görmüş Geçirmiş Kaptan 88 and performs with his band, Journers.

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