Barış Koçak is a Turkish actor who has been acting in cinema and television productions since the early 2000s. He is widely known for his role as Deniz Gezmiş in the TV series Remember Dear.
He was born on September 25, 1978 in Izmir. He graduated from the Department of Electronics at Mustafa Kemal University in Antakya, and then enrolled in the Department of Business Administration at Anadolu University in Eskişehir.
Acting
He started acting in 2003. He played Deniz Gezmiş, one of the leaders of the student movement in the late 1960s, in Remember Dear, which started to be published in 2006; His obvious physical resemblance to Gezmiş was influential in his selection for this role.
In the following years, he took part in mostly movies and television productions. Productions in which he has appeared include:
- Remember Dear (2006)
- Nene Hatun (2010)
- Grapes of Hope
- Şevkat Yerimdar (2013)
- Bloody Boots (2015)
- Valley of the Wolves Ambush
- We Came to Love (2017)
- What If I Die (2022)
Koçak continues to work with supporting and character roles in drama-oriented productions.
