Tuna was born in Çanakkale. After Ottoman Empire collapsed, His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessaloniki. (today in Greece). His mother is retired from the land office, his father is a teacher of mathematics.[5]
He completed his undergraduate education at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Economics. He also studied Turkish classical music at Ege University Conservatory. Onur Tuna who knows how to play the guitar also has two songs called Acın Verdi and Tıpkı Sen. Onur Tuna has played licensed volleyball and basketball since the middle school years.[6] He started to take part in theater plays in middle school and high school years. While studying at University in İzmir, he worked as a professional model for four years. He studied acting at Izmir Müjdat Gezen Art Center. When Onur Tuna settled down in Istanbul, he took private lessons for acting. Those acting pieces of training were containing method and front-camera acting skills. For this purpose, he worked with Ümit Çırak, Ayla Algan, Craft Theatre and Saim Güveloğlu.[7]
Acting career
TV series
His acting career started with Hayat Devam Ediyor (Life Goes On) Turkish TV series in 2011. Other TV series he joined in are Huzur Sokağı (Street of Peace).
He had a leading role in the period detective series Filinta.[8][9] Tuna continued his career with the crime series Cesur Yürek. He was not cast in third season of Yasak Elma.[10]
Onur Tuna also acted in two movies in Turkey. In 2014, he played as an actor in Bi Küçük Eylül Meselesi Turkish drama film. He also was a leading actor in the movie Ağır Romantik (Heavy Romance[13] or Severely Romantic[14]). Tuna also played in a short film by Yadel Uzun titled Kir.
Web series
With his Mucize Doktor's co-star Hazal Türesan, he starred in the crime series Sarmaşık Zamanı.[15]