Engin Altan Düzyatan

Engin Altan Düzyatan — Biography

Engin Altan Düzyatan became famous well beyond Turkey for playing Ertuğrul Bey for five seasons in Diriliş: Ertuğrul, broadcast on TRT 1 from 2014 to 2019; the series drew a large following in countries such as Pakistan. He has been on The Muslim 500 list since 2021, and in 2026 he returned to the big screen as the lead of the film Maslow'un İhtiyaçlar Hiyerarşisi.

His career began with theatre training: he studied theatre at Dokuz Eylül University, worked with the Kenter and DOT companies in Istanbul and directed a play in Diyarbakır. On television, guest parts in Ruhsar and Yeditepe İstanbul led to the youth series Koçum Benim, then Sevgili Dünürüm, Bir Bulut Olsam, Kapalıçarşı, Son and Cinayet. In film, Romantik Komedi and its sequel, New York'ta Beş Minare, Anadolu Kartalları and Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var stand out, and Bir Avuç Deniz won him best actor at the Los Angeles Movie Awards. He has also hosted game shows.

After Ertuğrul he played prosecutor Orhan in Kurşun, Oruç Reis in Barbaros: Akdeniz'in Kılıcı and Tamer in Çöp Adam. He married in 2014 and has two children, and takes part in environmental-awareness work with the Cemre Foundation.