Bartu Küçükçağlayan

Bartu Küçükçağlayan was born on April 23, 1983 in Eskişehir. In 2001, he was accepted to Istanbul University State Conservatory and moved to Istanbul, where he studied performing arts. During his conservatory years, he appeared on stage in the play "The Captain from Inishmore" in the Kent Players group in 2004; Then, in the 2005-2007 period, he took part in the same group's play "The Gambler's Choice".

Küçükçağlayan, who started to appear on television screens since 2004, played characters in TV series such as "Haziran Gecesi", "Çapkın" and "Binbir Gece".

In the 2007-2008 season, he attracted attention by taking on the character of Adam in Yeni Kuşak Theatre's play "The Shape of Things". He received great acclaim for his role as Orçun in the TV series "Yalan Dünya", which was broadcast between 2012 and 2014, and thanks to this performance, he won the Best Male Comedy Actor award at the 39th Altın Kelebek Awards.

In the same period, his acting in "The Gambler's Choice" brought him four awards; “The Shape of Things” received praise from critics.

In his cinema career, he came to the fore with the character of Mertkan in the movie "Çoğunluk"; With this role, he received many awards, including Best Actor at the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. He also continued his presence on digital platforms by appearing in the web series "Innocent" in 2018.

In the field of music, he is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Büyük Ev Ablukada, under the pseudonym "Canavar Banavar". In March 2020, during the pandemic, he started a broadcast series called "Force Majeureler" with Melikşah Altuntaş on Instagram; This program quickly became a phenomenon, reaching thousands of viewers every evening, and ended in March 2021.

He is a Turkish musician, theatre, television and cinema actor.

Born in Eskişehir, Küçükçağlayan went to Istanbul in 2001 after entering Istanbul University State Conservatory. During his education, he took part in the play Captain from Inishmore by the Kent Actors company in 2004. Küçükçağlayan, who took part in the group's play Kumarbazin's Choice between 2005 and 2007, started to take part in television series since 2004.

He played in the TV series June Gecesi, Çapkın and Binbir Gece. In the 2007-2008 season, he played Adam, one of the leading roles, in the play Şeylerin Shape of the Yeni Kuşak Theater group. Between 2012 and 2014, he played the character of Orçun in the TV series Yalan Dünya. In 2018, he starred in the web series Innocent.

He won four awards for his acting in Gambler's Choice and was praised for The Shape of Things.

Küçükçağlayan won several awards, including the best actor award, at the 47th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for his role as Mertkan in the movie Çokunluk.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 16 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Golden Butterfly Awards (1973) — Self - Winner
• One Thousand and One Nights (2006) — Gani Özçelik
• Jet Sosyete (2018) — Gündüz Şahin
• Çapkın (2005) — Kösük (Kemal)
• Lie World (2012) — Orçun Çakaler
• June Night (2004)
• Innocent (2017) — Selim
• Kesik (2014) — Mehmet
• Butterflies (2018) — Kenan
• Bartu Ben (2018) — Bartu
• Unhappy Party (2020)
• Comedy Türkiye (2015)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.