Caner Cindoruk

Caner Cindoruk — Biography

Caner Cindoruk is an actor whose twenty-plus-year career runs from the theatre stage into film and television, and who moves comfortably between popular TV and art cinema. In 2026 he took the lead as Mesut, a tribal chief from Mardin, in Emin Alper's Kurtuluş; the film won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and Cindoruk received a Best Actor award in Vietnam for the same role.

He grew up in Adana and graduated from the business faculty of Çukurova University. In 1997 he made his professional stage debut with the Adana Seyhan Municipality Theatre Group and spent ten years with the Seyhan Municipality and Adana City Theatres. He came to Istanbul in 2006; Beynelmilel was his first film and Kara Güneş his first television series. Doctor Nazmi in Yaprak Dökümü and Kemal in Hanımın Çiftliği made his name, and in 2013 he played his first lead in Aramızda Kalsın. In cinema he appeared in Gergedan Mevsimi, Çalsın Sazlar and Ekşi Elmalar.

The turning point was Cemal in Zeki Demirkubuz's Kor (2016), which earned him Best Actor at the Sadri Alışık Awards. Kadın, Sadakatsiz (as Volkan Arslan) and Zemheri followed, then Maviye Sürgün and Demirkubuz's Hayat in 2023. In 2026 he joined the cast of the series Hamal, led by Oktay Kaynarca and Fahriye Evcen.