Barış Murat Yağcı was born on January 21, 1991 in Izmir. Yağcı, who is the cousin of Birce Akalay and Berke Özer, graduated from Bahçeşehir University, Department of International Relations, and also continues his education at Anadolu University, Department of Sports Management. Although he played professional basketball at Efes Pilsen Sports Club in his youth, he had to end his sports career due to an injury.
After this period, she turned to modeling and attracted the attention of producers by being selected as "Best Photomodel" in the "Best Model of Turkey" competition.
Barış Murat Yağcı, who started his acting career with the role of Akın in the TV series Kocamın Aile, which was published in 2014, appeared on the screen as Serenay Aktaş's friend in the movie Figuran in the same year. In 2015, he played the character of Eymen in the TV series Kiralık Aşk, and in the TV series Şevkat Yerimdar in 2017‑2018.
He continued his performance with the role of Demir in the television movie Sosyetik Gelin, which was released in 2018.
Yağcı participated in the Survivor competition organized by Acun Ilıcalı in 2020 and finished the competition in second place. Later, he took part in the Survivor All Star, Survivor 2025 and Survivor 2026 programs in 2022, 2025 and 2026. He had a relationship with contestant Nisa Bölükbaşı in the 2020 season, but this relationship later ended.
Within the scope of a drug investigation carried out on January 31, 2026, a detention order was issued for Barış Murat Yağcı and eight other people, and an arrest warrant was issued for Yağcı. This situation disqualified him from Survivor 2026, but he returned to the competition after the tests were negative and completed the competition in the 12th round due to his injury.
Barış Murat Yağcı was born on January 21, 1991 in Izmir. He is the cousin of Birce Akalay and Berke Özer. He graduated from Bahçeşehir University, Department of International Relations. Yağcı continues his education at Anadolu University, Department of Sports Management, as part of his second university. He played basketball professionally at Efes Pilsen Sports Club, but could not continue his sports career after being injured. Yağcı worked as a model for a while.
After participating in the competition called Best Model of Turkey and being selected as "Best Photomodel", she was discovered by the producers. He had his first acting experience by playing the character of Akın in the TV series Kocamın Aile, which was broadcast in 2014. She starred as Serenay Aktaş's friend in the movie Figuran, released in 2014.
He played the character of Eymen in the TV series Kiralık Aşk, released in 2015, and the character of Bora in the TV series Şevkat Yerimdar, released in 2017. He played the character of Demir in the television movie Sosyetik Gelin, which was released in 2018.
In 2020, he participated in the Survivor competition organized by Acun Ilıcalı and finished second.
He competed in the Survivor 2022: All Star competition in 2022
Productions in which he took part
- Love for Rent (2015) — Eymen
- Şevkat Yerimdar (2017) — Bora Teker
- Survivor Türkiye (2005)
- Sideshow (2015)
- Socialite Bride (2018) — Demir
- Survivor Türkiye 2026 (2026)
- A Matter of Prestige (2023) — Ortaköy Patron
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
