Ertuğrul Postoğlu

Ertuğrul Postoğlu — Biography

Ertuğrul Postoğlu, known as a master of voice work whose voice was familiar from years of television promotions, is also an actor of the City Theatres. Wider audiences came to know his face through the role of the lawyer Yıldırım in the series Paramparça, broadcast from 2014 to 2016; in the same period he played Bahadır Bey in TRT 1's Diriliş Ertuğrul.

His interest in theater began in primary school, and he first appeared on stage in high school in a play called Yerma. A graduate of Kabataş Erkek Lisesi, he went on to university and in 1990 passed the City Theatres entrance exam, turning professional and performing in many productions on its stages. Alongside the stage he built a voice career of roughly thirty years, about 21 of them as the corporate voice of Kanal D's commercials and announcements, a voice viewers came to recognize.

His screen breakthrough built on that long stage and voice background. The lawyer he played in Paramparça, directed by Altan Dönmez, brought him broad recognition on television, while Diriliş Ertuğrul, led by Engin Altan Düzyatan, introduced him to the audience of historical drama. Postoğlu combines theater, voice work and television acting.