Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (born 16 January 1983) is a Turkish actor and director. He started his career with roles in theater plays, films, and TV series, however, he eventually became known with his role in Ulan Istanbul and later in Çukur. He has won awards for his appearance in several short films.

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Born (1983-01-16) 16 January 1983
Bursa, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Alma materMimar Sinan Fine Arts University
OccupationActor, director
Years active2005–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2018)​
Childrenmarsel

Life and career

Köstendil was born in 1983 in Bursa. He is a graduate of Bursa Atatürk High School. During his high school years, he was a member of the Bursaspor football team.[1]

He began his acting career at the Tuncay Özinel Theater, by playing a number of roles in plays such as AuT and Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı.[2]

In 2009, he wrote and directed the series Mukadderat, which was published online on Facebook. In the same year, he got a role in the action series M.A.T and portrayed the character of "Emre". In 2010, he wrote and directed the short movie Vakit, which received awards at the Sinepark 4th Short Film Festival, Eskişehir Kral Midas Short Film Festival, and the 47th International Antalya Film Festival.[3]

He also wrote the scenario for the feature film Torbacının Esrarı, which was shot in Amsterdam and Istanbul. His fourth short film project was Suma, which was released in 2018 and realized as one of Turkey's good comedy works at the Los Angeles Film Awards.[4]

Theater
  • Kalp Düğümü – Craft Theater[5]
  • AuT – İkincikat Theater
  • Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı – Isparta Virtual Theater

Filmography
Title Translated title Year Role Notes
Kurtlar Vadisi Valley of the Wolves 2005 Memati's fellow TV series
Güz Sancısı Pains of Autumn 2008 Showman Film
M.A.T 2009 Emre Film
Mukadderat Fatality 2009 Film
Sakarya Fırat Sakarya Euphrates 2009 Mahmut Karakum TV series
Babalar ve Evlatlar Fathers and Children 2012 Ayhan TV series
Merhamet Mercy 2013–14 Mehmet TV series
İtirazım Var Let's Sin 2014 Superman Boxer Film
One Night in Istanbul 2014 Undercover Cop Film
Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği Rain: The Flower of Doom 2014 Şenol Film
Ulan Istanbul Bandits 2014–15 Karlos TV series
Yok Artık! No More! 2015 Taxi driver Fikret Film
Kara Bela Black Trouble 2015 Güven Film
Takim: Mahalle Askina! The Team 2015 Film
Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Magnificent Century 2015 Şahin Giray TV series
Familya Family 2016–17 Toprak TV series
Bir Deli Sevda Love War 2017 Mehmet TV series
Görünen Adam Invisible Man 2017 Kurtuluş TV mini-series
Babam My Father 2017 Deniz Film
Çukur The Pit 2017–present Vartolu Saadettin / Salih Koçovalı TV series
Put Şeylere Put Into Things 2018 n/a Film
Sibel Sibel 2018 Ali Film
Müslüm Müslüm 2018 Pavyon Sahibi Film
Turkish'i Dondurma Turkish Ice Cream 2019 Ali Film

Discography
Singles
  • 2020: "Doyana Doymayana Popkek III"

References
  1. "Çukur Vartolu Diziden Ayrıldı mı? Erkan Kolçak Köstengil Neden Yok?". Gezen Vatandaş. gezenvatandas.com/ site. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  2. "Erkan Kolçak Köstendil Kimdir?". Aktuelsinema.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  3. "2009-2010 yılı festval değerlendirmesi". Animasyongazetesi.com. 23 February 2012. Archived from the original on 14 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  4. Özsefil, İbrahim Cem (4 January 2018). "Erkan Kolçak Köstendil'in Yazıp Yönettiği Kısa Film Suma Los Angeles Film Ödülleri'nden Ödülle Döndü". Filmloverss.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  5. "Çukur Vartolu Diziden Ayrıldı mı? Erkan Kolçak Köstengil Neden Yok?". Gezen Vatandaş. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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