Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ

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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ

Born	(1983-10-27) 27 October 1983 Adana, Turkey
Residence	Istanbul, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	2001–present
Notable work(s)	Gümüş as Mehmet Aşk-ı Memnu as Behlül Menekşe ile Halil as Halil Ezel as Sekiz Kuzey Güney as Kuzey
Home town	Adana, Turkey
Parents	Erdem Tatlıtuğ (father) Nurten Tatlıtuğ (mother)
Awards	Best Model of Turkey (2002) Best Model of the World (2002) Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor (2009) Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor (2012)

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (Turkish pronunciation: [kɯvantʃ tatɫɯtuː]) (born 27 October 1983) is a Turkish actor and model who has received two Golden Butterfly Awards for Best Actor. Tatlıtuğ won the pageants Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of the World in 2002.

Early life and family

Tatlıtuğ was born on 27 October 1983, in Adana, to Erdem and Nurten Tatlıtuğ. He has four siblings. The name Kıvanç means "pride" in Turkish and Tatlıtuğ is a portmanteau of the Turkish words tatlı (sweet) and tuğ (a coat of arms of Old Turkic symbology). Tatlıtuğ's paternal grandmother was an immigrant from Bosnia and Herzegovina.^[1] His mother is from Edirne and his dad is from Adana. He has said that he was born and raised in Adana and that his family has had a bakery business in the city for more than a hundred years.^[2]^[3]^[4] He studied at Yenice Çağ Private High School where he excelled in basketball. Due his Tatlıtuğ's father's illness, the family moved to Istanbul so that his father could receive proper treatment. In Istanbul, he joined Beşiktaş sport club as an amateur basketball player.

Career

Kıvanç hosted some pageants and shows. A turning point in Tatlıtuğ's career was when he starred in Gümüş as the character Mehmet Şadoğlu. He acted in the comedy film Americans at the Black Sea which was directed by Kartal Tibet. He has also starred in other shows such as Menekşe ile Halil where he played alongside of Sedef Avcı. In the series Aşk-ı Memnu, Kıvanç shared the leading role with Beren Saat. He won the Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in Aşk-ı Memnu. Kıvanç dated Miss World 2002 titleholder Azra Akın from 2005 to 2009 and actress Meltem Cumbul from early 2009 to August 2009. He dated İdil Fırat, the daughter of millionaire Önder Fırat; however, they broke up. Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ returned to his ex-girlfriend Azra Akın in 2011, on January 2013 they both took a decision of a final break-up after they got tired of an 11 year old on-off relationship.^[5] He provided the voice of Ken for the Turkish dubbed version of Toy Story 3. Since 2011, he has portrayed Kuzey Tekinoğlu in the Kanal D drama series Kuzey Güney which ended in June 2013 . Tatlıtuğ played the poet Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu in the drama film Kelebeğin Rüyası.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Americans at the Black Sea	Muzaffer
2010	Toy Story 3 (Turkish dubbed version)	Ken	Voice acting
2013	Kelebeğin Rüyası	Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005–2007	Gümüş	Mehmet Şadoğlu	TV series
2006	Acemi Cadi	Kivanc Tatlitug	TV series (1 episode)
2007–2008	Menekşe ile Halil	Halil Tuğlu	TV series
2008–2010	Aşk-ı Memnu	Behlül Haznedar	TV series
2010	Ezel	Sekiz/Ramiz Karaeski	TV series (few episodes)
2011–2013	Kuzey Güney	Kuzey Tekinoğlu	TV series
2014	Kurt Seyt and Shura	Kurt Seyt	TV series

References

↑ Kivanc Tatlitug (Boşnak kökenli) [Kivanc Tatlitug (Bosniak origin)] (in Turkish). NTV (Turkey). 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
↑ HANGİ ÜNLÜ NERELİ 2012 / 6 – Magazin Foto Galeri. Kelebekgaleri.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.
↑ HANGİ ÜNLÜ NERELİ 2012 / 7 – Magazin Foto Galeri. Kelebekgaleri.hurriyet.com.tr. Retrieved on 14 January 2014.
↑ Profil: Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ. 22dakika.org (21 September 2012). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.
↑ Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Azra Akın are on the road to marriage. Do You Know Turkey (30 October 2012). Retrieved on 14 January 2014.

External links

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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ at the Internet Movie Database
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ at the SinemaTürk

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Mehmet Akif Alakurt	Best Model of Turkey 2002	Succeeded by Yusuf Şahan Gürdal
Preceded by Sylvain Larochelle	Best Model of the World 2002	Succeeded by Stefan Alie

v t e Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor

1974–1990	n/a (1974) n/a (1975) n/a (1976) n/a (1977) n/a (1978) n/a (1979) n/a (1980) n/a (1981) n/a (1982) n/a (1983) n/a (1984) Cihan Ünal (1985) n/a (1986) n/a (1987) n/a (1988) n/a (1989) Mehmet Aslantuğ (1990)

1991–2010	n/a (1991) n/a (1992) n/a (1993) Mehmet Aslantuğ (1994) n/a (1995) n/a (1996) Mehmet Aslantuğ (1997) n/a (1998) n/a (1999) Kadir İnanır (2000) Memet Ali Alabora (2001) Haluk Bilginer (2002) Tamer Karadağlı (2003) Mehmet Aslantuğ (2004) Özcan Deniz (2005) Timuçin Esen (2006) Halit Ergenç (2007) Halil Ergün (2008) Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (2009) Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (2010)

2011–present	Erkan Petekkaya (2011) Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (2012)

Persondata
Name	Tatlitug, Kivanc
Alternative names
Short description	Turkish actor
Date of birth	27 October 1983
Place of birth	Adana, Turkey
Date of death
Place of death

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