Kaan Urgancıoğlu (born May 9, 1981) is a Turkish actor. He is best known for his role as Emir Kozcuoğlu in the TV series Kara Sevda that was sold to more than 110 countries worldwide as well as his role as Ilgaz Kaya in Yargi, for which he won a Golden Butterfly Award for Best actor. Both of his series are the only Turkish series that have won an International Emmy Award.
Life and career
Kaan Urgancıoğlu was born on May 9, 1981 in İzmir, Turkey. On his father's side he is of Turkish descent and on his mother's side he is of Albanian and Syrian descent.[1] He went to the Private Turkish College Secondary School and the American College.[2] After graduating from highschool, he moved to Istanbul in 2000 and studied at the Marmara University's Finance Department.[2] Urgancıoğlu started to study cinema as well as university education. He graduated after 7 years. In 2002, while still at university, he started to work as an actor on the recommendation of actress Demet Akbağ, a family friend.
Urgancıoğlu had his first role as the lead actor in a series based on the historical comic book Karaoğlan. He then had a role in the youth series Kampüsistan. He played in many popular series and films afterwards.[3] In 2008 he went to the United States and studied acting there for 6 months. He is best known for playing Emir Kozcuoğlu in Kara Sevda (Endless Love), one of the most successful Turkish series internationally and first Turkish series in history to win the International Emmy Award for "Best Telenovela",[4] along with two other international awards.[5][6] He also starred in the Netflix original series Aşk 101, which premiered in 2020. In 2021, he began starring in Yargı (Family Secrets) and shared the leading roles with Pınar Deniz, with whom he had previously co-starred in Aşk 101(Love 101). Yargi was second Turkish series in history to win the International Emmy Award for "Best Telenovela",.[7] The only two Turkish series ever to win an International Emmy Award both starred Kaan Urgancioglu in a leading role. He also took part in the movie "Operation Fortune", directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham and Hugh Grant.[8]
Urgancıoğlu married Burcu Denizer on 19 June in Greece, Athens.[9] The couple welcomed a son named Ardıç on 8 December 2023.[10]
^"Özgür olmadığın ilişkiyi yaşama". Hürriyet. My mother's father side were Syrian immigrant, mother side were Albanian immigrants. My father is a local from Tire, İzmir, Turkey.
