Ali Atay

Dursun Ali Atay (born 20 April 1976) is a Turkish actor, musician, screenwriter and director. He graduated theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known for his role as Mecnun in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun.[4] He is the recipient of Tribeca Best Actor Award.[5] He has appeared in more than fifteen films and theatre plays since 1999.[6]

Ali Atay
Born	Dursun Ali Atay (1976-04-20) 20 April 1976 Rize, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Occupation	Actor, singer, film Director
Years active	1999–present
Spouse(s)	Ebru Cansız ​ ​ (m. 2008; div. 2013)​ [1] Hazal Kaya ​ (m. 2019)​ [2]
Children	1[3]

He played in surreal art house film "Sen Aydınlatırsın Geceyi" with Demet Evgar, Damla Sönmez, Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan, which released at Toronto International Film Festival.[7][8] In June 2014, the shooting of his new movie, Limonata, began. The movie marked his first experience as a director and scenarist, and actors such as Serkan Keskin and Ertan Saban were cast as the leading roles in it.[9] Atay later got a major role on ATV's Mutlu Ol Yeter, alongside Aslı Enver, Öner Erkan and Ertan Saban.[10]

In 2017, he appeared portrayed the character of Commissioner Yusuf on BluTV's first online Turkish series Masum. He shared the leading role with Haluk Bilginer, Nur Sürer and Okan Yalabık[11] He later appeared as Ali Astubay on Turkey's entry for the 90th Academy Awards, Ayla.[12] He directed the action-comedy movie Ölümlü Dünya, which was released in 2018.[13] Atay then got a role in the movie Turkish'i Dondurma. [14]