Osman Soykut

Osman Soykut — Biography

Osman Soykut has run two acting careers, in Turkey and in the United States, where he also works under the stage name Ozman Sirgood. Turkish viewers know him as Aron Feller in Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu and as İbn-i Arabi in Diriliş Ertuğrul; most recently he played Lukas Notaras in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı (2024).

Born in Ankara, Soykut attended Frankfurt International School for primary school and TED Ankara College for the rest of his schooling, then studied architecture at METU. His mother's side is Dagestani and his father's is Crimean Tatar. He first worked as an architect in Ankara and Istanbul; after settling in California in the mid-1980s he moved into set and theme-park design and then 3D animation for computer games. He came to acting through the stage and as a hobby, and studied for years in director Milton Katselas's workshop. He appeared in Charmed, Alias, The Bold and the Beautiful and the films Art School Confidential and The Hot Chick, working with Al Pacino, John Malkovich and Steve Martin among others.

His Turkish breakthrough came in 2007 with İki Yabancı. He then played Haydar in Pars: Narkoterör, appeared in Adanalı, and from 2009 was Aron Feller for three seasons of Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, with parts in Merhaba Hayat and Tatar Ramazan as well. In 2016 he played Deputy Governor Mazhar opposite Christian Bale in Terry George's The Promise. He speaks English, German, French and Japanese.