Ozan Akbaba

Ozan Akbaba — Biography

Ozan Akbaba is a Turkish actor and film composer, best known as İlyas Çakırbeyli in the ATV series Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, a role he played from 2015 to 2021. He now plays Cihan Albora in Uzak Şehir on Kanal D, whose third-season shoot took the cast to Budapest in the summer of 2026.

He performed in stage plays while studying interior architecture and environmental design at Akdeniz University's Faculty of Fine Arts, then moved toward acting and music rather than architecture. His screen path began with Kırık Kanatlar; he played a bartender in Kavak Yelleri, Zafer in Cennetin Sırları and Sümer Tezkan in Kuzey Güney. In 2013-2014 he was Şenol in Güldür Güldür and Dr. Veysel in Arka Sokaklar, and he appeared in films such as Yarım Kalan Mucize, Sürgün İnek and Mutlak Adalet. Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz brought him a wide audience; afterwards he acted in the films Aman Reis Duymasın and Anka (as Murat) and took the leading role in the medical series Kasaba Doktoru.

On the music side he has composed for about 25 short films and more than 30 promotional films, and he wrote and assistant-directed the short Bumerang. In 2014 he appeared in Sıla's video for "Vaziyetler". More recently he has been in the films Sadık Ahmet, Sırr Bir Kudüs Macerası and Bak Postacı Geliyor.