Derya Taşbaşı was born on May 24, 1985 in Mönchengladbach, Germany. After completing his primary and secondary education at Rhein Gymnasium in Cologne, he moved to Istanbul in 2004 to participate in a European Union project.
When the project ended, Derya decided to stay in Turkey and worked as a customer representative for various international companies in Istanbul. During the same period, he studied Industrial Product Design at Istanbul Technical University, and thanks to his competition successes in this field, he had the opportunity to study at Domus Academy in Milan with a scholarship for a semester.
His passion for acting and presenting became evident during his student years. He first appeared on the television screen in the TV series Arka Sıradakiler, and then continued his acting career by appearing in TV series such as Evidence and Okul Günlüğü. In the advertising world, he took part in commercials of brands such as Tekzen, Ikea, Sensodyne, Arçelik, Dominos Pizza, Şölen Chocolate, Play Station 2, Vestel, Golden Rose and Tiffany.
His journey as a presenter started with the program "Haydi Spora" on TRT Spor, which lasted 295 episodes. Later, he presented the "Flying Carpet" program on Channel 7, transporting the audience to interesting cities and countries around the world. He introduced Turkish folk dances with the program "Turkish Dances" on TRT Avaz and served as a presenter in projects such as "Mutfak Bahane" on TRT Okul, TRT Türk, Show TV and ATV.
Productions in which he took part
- Back Rows (2007) — Yasemin
- Beyondless People (2013) — Sinem
- Lying Neighbor (2026)
- Organic Love Stories (2017)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
