Cenk Ertan

Cenk Ertan — Biography

Turkish actor and former model Cenk Ertan has worked in television series and feature films since the early 2000s. Born in West Germany, he is known among other roles for Faruk, one of Pala's men, in Kurtlar Vadisi, Kudret Taşdelen in Umutsuz Ev Kadınları and Mehmet in Bordo Bereliler Suriye.

During his modelling years he appeared in the music videos for Demet Sağıroğlu's Arnavut Kaldırımı, Ajda Pekkan's Eğlen Güzelim and İzel's Galibi Sen. His first step as an actor came in 2003 with the series Alacakaranlık. In 2004 he played Faruk in Kurtlar Vadisi and Cemal in Haziran Gecesi, followed by Cem Akman in Ihlamurlar Altında, Cemal again in Ödünç Hayat and Yılmaz Aydın in Parmaklıklar Ardında. In the following years he played Aycan Demirkan in Çemberin Dışında and Bora in Aşk ve Ceza, and stayed on screen as Kudret Taşdelen through three seasons of Umutsuz Ev Kadınları. He played Oktay Atabey in Sil Baştan in 2014 and Cemal Tibet in Şehrin Melekleri in 2015.

He has also appeared in feature films: Kedi Arif in Hep Yek 2 and Mehmet in Bordo Bereliler Suriye, and he was in the casts of Ver Kaç and Kayseri Aslanı: Çin İşi in 2017 and Bordo Bereliler 2: Afrin in 2018. In 2023 he appeared in Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi.