Aras Bulut İynemli

Aras Bulut İynemli — Biography

Aras Bulut İynemli was born on 25 August 1990 in Istanbul, into a family of performers: brother Orçun İynemli acts on stage, sister Yeşim İynemli hosts and sings, cousin Miray Daner acts too. He studied aeronautical engineering at ITU after Beşiktaş Anatolian High School. In commercials he caught director Zeynep Günay's eye and was invited to audition for Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman Ki, after an earlier small part in Arka Sokaklar.

Playing Mete Akarsu there made him nationally known, winning Best Supporting Actor at the 2011 Antalya TV Awards. In 2013 he led Mahmut ile Meryem, played İhsan in Tamam mıyız? (a Sadri Alışık prize), and became Şehzade Bayezid in Muhteşem Yüzyıl's finale. In 2015 he played Sarp Altan in Maral: En Güzel Hikayem.

With Çağatay Ulusoy in İçerde (2016-2017) he played Mert Karadağ and Umut Yılmaz, then led Çukur (2017-2021) as Yamaç Koçovalı, winning the 2018 Golden Butterfly for Best Actor. He played Memo in the 2019 record-breaker 7. Koğuştaki Mucize, later acclaimed worldwide on Netflix.

Atatürk 1881-1919 (2023-2024) cast him as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, earning a critics' nomination. He played Devran Karan in Deha (2024), then in 2026 began filming Netflix's Eve Giden Yol.