Altan Erkekli

Born

18 November 1955 (aged 70)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Altan Erkekli was born in 1955 in Istanbul. He attended high school at Kadıköy Maarif College and Anadolu High School. He became interested in theater during his high school years; although he considered turning to civil engineering for a time, he entered the Theater Department of the Faculty of Languages and History-Geography at Ankara University in 1975 at the encouragement of his English teacher.

While still a student, he stood in on stage for the lead actor in a play prepared in the department, and after this performance he was invited to the Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu by Rutkay Aziz. After graduating, he continued to perform at AST while working as a lecturer teaching acting classes in the same department. From 1985 to 1989 he worked on the children's and youth stages of the State Theaters, then returned to AST. He voiced the character Edi in Susam Sokağı.

On television, he played Şerif in the series Ah Ana Hanım Ana, Halil Aslanbaş in Beyaz Gelincik and Şehmuz Kocabaş in Yalan Dünya. In cinema, he became known for the role of Mayor Nazmi in the films Vizontele and Vizontele Tuuba; he played Yusuf Ziya Ocak in Organize İşler and Hüseyin Dilbirliği in the film Ayla.

Erkekli played Eşref in Avşar Film's 2018 film Bizi Hatırla.