Enis Arıkan

Enis Arıkan — Biography

Born on 3 January 1983 in Istanbul, Enis Arıkan trained as an actor at Müjdat Gezen Art Center before graduating in Stage and Performing Arts from Istanbul Bilgi University, where he was classmates with Ezgi Mola and Şebnem Bozoklu.

He debuted on screen in 1998's Aynalı Tahir and went on to appear in series ranging from Genco and Aşk ve Ceza to Yerden Yüksek, Uçurum, Cesur Hemşire and Hayat Ağacı; his comic turn in Yerden Yüksek earned him the Antalya Television award for best supporting comedy actor, while in Uçurum he portrayed a young autistic man. He gained wide recognition as Tony in Gülse Birsel's Jet Sosyete and later returned to screens as Muzo in Camdaki Kız; on film he appeared in Kocan Kadar Konuş, Görevimiz Tatil and Kaç Kaçabilirsen.

On stage he has performed in Hamlet, Kutlama and Altın Ejderha, and won the Sadri Alışık award for his role in Garaj. He moved into television hosting with Benimle Söyle in 2019, then fronted his own talk show in 2021.

In June 2026, numerous Turkish outlets reported that he was detained in a drug investigation targeting well-known figures and that his test had come back positive.