Ekin Koç
Biography
Ismet Ekin Koç is a Turkish actor and musician born on June 21, 1992, in Antalya, Turkey. He left Antalya to study Business Administration in English at Istanbul Bilgi University and pursued online sociology education. His feature film debut was in Senden Bana Kalan, an adaptation of the Korean movie A Millionaire's First Love. In this film, he played the main role of Özgür Arıca, earning an Ayhan Işık Special Award for his performance. Following this, he portrayed the one-eyed soldier Mehmed in the British film Ali and Nino, an adaptation of Kurban Said's 1937 novel that starred Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. He also starred in the film Bizim İçin: Şampiy.
Career overview
Ismet Ekin Koç was born on June 21, 1992, in Antalya, Turkey. He is a Turkish actor and musician who left Antalya to study Business Administration in English at Istanbul Bilgi University and also pursued online education in sociology.
His first movie was Senden Bana Kalan, an adaptation of the Korean film A Millionaire's First Love. In this film, he played the main role of Özgür Arıca, a performance that earned him an Ayhan Işık Special Award. Shortly after, he appeared in the British movie Ali and Nino, portraying the one-eyed soldier Mehmed. That film starred Maria Valverde and Adam Bakri, was adapted from Kurban Said's 1937 novel, and premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
His film career continued with a starring role in the film Bizim İçin: Şampiy. Throughout his career, he has built a recognized presence in film and television as a Turkish actor and musician.
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- Possible Love (2026) as Kadir Emindağ
- Another Chance (2025)
- The Things You Kill (2025) as Ali
- The Things You Kill (2025) Co-Producer
- Rock Paper Scissors (2024) as Umut Tanrıkulu
- Make Me Believe (2023) as Deniz
- Things Unheard Of (2023) Producer
- Burning Days (2022) as Murat
- The Bad Penny (2021) as Efe
- Brother's Keeper (2021) as Teacher Selim
- The Great Seljuks (2020) as Ahmed Sencer
- Tonight with İbrahim Selim (2019)
- APP (2019) as Erkek Hologram
- Succession (2018) as Kadir
- Steppe (2018) as Nuri Pamir
- Champion (2018) as Halis Karataş
- The Secrets of Life (2017) as Burak Özer
- 7 Faces (2017) as Kaan
- Ali and Nino (2016) as Mehmed
- Magnificent Century: Kösem (2015) as Sultan Ahmet
- What's Left of You (2015) as Özgür
- My Name's Gultepe (2014) as Seyfi
- I'll Tell You A Secret (2013) as Kıvanç "Tilki" Gündoğdu
- Usta