Ayberk Pekcan

Born

22 May 1970

Place of birth

Mersin

Died

24 January 2022 (aged 51)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Ayberk Pekcan was born on 22 May 1970 in Mersin; his childhood and youth were spent between Adana and Mersin. He continued the schooling he had begun in Adana at a high school in Mersin; he then graduated from the theater department of the Faculty of Fine Arts at Mersin University. After working for a time as a laborer, teacher and civil servant, in 2001 he left his civil service job, settled in Istanbul and focused on acting.

On television, he appeared in the series Kurtlar Vadisi and Kurtlar Vadisi: Pusu; in the latter he played Şemo. He also appeared in the series Yaprak Dökümü, Keşanlı Ali Destanı and Bir Aşk Hikayesi. He reached wide audiences with the role of Artuk Bey in Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

In cinema, the film Saç, in which he took the lead role in 2010, won awards at festivals in Turkey and abroad. For his performance in the film Aşk ve Devrim, he received the Best Supporting Actor award at the 23rd Ankara International Film Festival. In Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Kış Uykusu he played Hidayet, and in Mustang he played Erol. He died on 24 January 2022 in Mersin.

Pekcan played Ekrem in Avşar Film's 2005 series Ihlamurlar Altında.