Altan Erkekli

Altan Erkekli — Biography

Reşit Altan Erkekli (born 18 January 1955 in Istanbul) is a Turkish stage, film and television actor and voice artist. Wikidata gives 18 November 1955, but the Turkish and English Wikipedias, DBpedia and Beyazperde all agree on 18 January.

He grew up in Kadıköy, boarded at Diyarbakır Maarif Koleji from the age of eleven and finished secondary school at Kadıköy Maarif Koleji (today Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi). In 1975 he entered the theatre department of Ankara University's Faculty of Languages, History and Geography and began acting professionally in the same period. After military service he joined the Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu, appearing in productions such as Sakıncalı Piyade, Rumuz Goncagül, Zengin Mutfağı and Mephisto, and in 1985 he worked in the Children's and Youth Theatre branch of the State Theatres.

Beyazperde credits him with more than seventy films and series across a 44-year career. Vizontele (as Nazmi) and Vizontele Tuuba, Anlat İstanbul, Organize İşler, Cenneti Beklerken, O... Çocukları, Güneşi Gördüm, Aşk Geliyorum Demez, Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever, Ayla and Bizi Hatırla are among his best-known credits. In December 2025 he received an honorary award at the Esenler Film Festival together with Serpil Tamur.