Yağız Can Konyalı

Yağız Can Konyalı — Biography

Yağız Can Konyalı is a Turkish television and film actor born on 20 September 1991; sources differ on his birthplace, with both Konya and Istanbul appearing in the record. Coming from a family with roots in Trabzon, he graduated from the Theatre Department of Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory. He began his acting career in 2006 with the film İlk Aşk, and reached wider audiences through the role of Aydın in the Kanal D series Öyle Bir Geçer Zaman ki, broadcast between 2010 and 2013.

Following a supporting turn in the 2014 short film Kor, he moved into cinema with Takım: Mahalle Aşkına!, a performance that won him the Behlül Dal Special Jury Award at the 52nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. Alongside his screen work, he continued performing on stage, appearing in Tiyatro Yan Etki's Tavşan Deliği and Müstesna Tiyatro's Küheylan. In 2015 he played Zeki in the youth drama Adı Mutluluk, and from 2017 to 2019 he took on the role that made him widely known, Rahmet Elibol, in the series Bizim Hikaye.

He went on to appear in productions including Arıza (2020), Erkek Severse (2022) and Tuzak (2022). In 2026 his proposal to and engagement with actress Derya Şensoy received extensive coverage in the Turkish tabloid press.