Yekta Kopan

Yekta Kopan is a versatile artist born in Ankara on March 28, 1968. He is known for both his voice-over work and his activities in the field of writing and presenting. In particular, Jim Carrey has reached large audiences with his unforgettable voice-overs, such as Michael J. Fox's performance in the Back to the Future series, the cartoon character Sylvester, and the lazy Sid of the Ice Age series.

Kopan, who had the opportunity to meet his family, who had an important place in Ankara's cultural life, started doing voice-over work on TRT Ankara Television when he was only five years old. He took his first steps in this field thanks to his father, theater actor Lütfü Kopan. With the support of her older sister, voice actress Yeşim Kopan, she received training at TRT Radio Children's Hour and continued this profession throughout her life.

The artist, who graduated from Hacettepe University Department of Business Administration, also attracts attention with his works in publishing and digital platforms.

The works of Yekta Kopan, who started his writing life with poetry, were published in various magazines. After his stories appeared in Hayalet Gemi magazine, he founded AltZine magazine in 1998 and became one of the pioneers of digital publishing. Then he laid the foundations of Türkiye's first online publishing house, Altkitap.

The artist, who also draws attention with his cinema criticism, wrote film reviews in Altyazı magazine. Throughout his voice-over career, he was remembered not only for his animation and movie characters, but also for iconic roles such as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars series and Cyclops in X-Men 2.

Yekta Kopan, who is also actively involved in the media world, was the presenter of the Gece Gündüz program broadcast on NTV for many years. The artist, who prepared the Saturday program on Artı Bir TV, also took part in various projects on digital platforms. Kopan, who presents chat programs on YouTube channels and hosts the Set Arası program broadcast on Digiturk as of 2021, continues to be one of the important names in the culture-art world.

Yekta Kopan was born on March 28, 1968 in Ankara, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

• Already Show with Melis İşiten (2023)
• Between Us and Ali Sunal (2024)
• Drawers (2015) — Ahmet
• Bad Cat Şerafettin (2016) — Cemil (voice)
• Brother Squad (2024) — Ta-oz 4000 (voice)
• Brother Squad 3 (2026) — Ta-oz 4000 (Voice)
• Brother Squad 2 (2025) — Ta-oz 4000 (voice)
• The Making of Michel Petite (2025) — Narrator
• Moles: Haunted Forest (2015)
• Rimos and Zimos: Peace in the Town (2014) — Bızdık (voice)
• Adventures of Max 2: Journey to the Kingdom (2012) — Max

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.