Faruk Üstün

Faruk Üstün — Biography

Faruk Üstün is a Turkish actor born on 1 March 1968 in Istanbul; some sources give his birth date as 26 July 1968. A graduate of the Business Administration Department at Istanbul University, he has worked at the Bakırköy Municipal Theatres since 2001.

Alongside theatre work, he has done numerous voice-over projects, also serving as assistant director on some of them. He first appeared on screen as Şevki in the series Sırlar Dünyası, and reached wider audiences in 2011 with the series Umutsuz Ev Kadınları.

In 2016 he joined the cast of Kalbimdeki Deniz, broadcast on Fox TV with Kutsi and Özge Özberk in the lead roles, playing İbrahim Tarhan, a shoe repairman and Mustafa's father, a role he continued through 2018. That same year he played the character Hamza in the series Elimi Bırakma.