Çagatay Ulusoy

Çagatay Ulusoy (born 23 September 1990) is a Turkish model and actor who started his acting career in TV series Adini Feriha Koydum (2011-2012). Since then he has had further lead roles in Medcezir (2013-2015), a remake of the television series The OC and most recently in the TV series Icerde. Ulusoy was born in Istanbul, Turkey. His maternal family is of Bosnian descent and his paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. (Turk ethnic minority in Bulgaria immigrated to Turkey). He has a younger brother named Atalay. After graduating from high school, Ulusoy firstly started studying at the Istanbul University's Department of Garden Design and Landscaping. As a student, he then started to work as a model at the age of 19. In 2010, he won a model contest in Turkey and was named Best Model of Turkey. On the same night he was named Best Model of the Year, he received his first acting job offer for the TV series Adini Feriha Koydum. In 2011 he shot his first movie Anadolu Kartallari, in a supporting role. Earlier the same year, Ulusoy starred in the TV series Adini Feriha Koydum (I Named Her Feriha) as the male lead playing Emir Sarrafoglu. While the first two seasons of the series were successful, the third season that aired under another title Emir'in Yolu (Emir's Way), was less successful and due to low ratings was cancel after a few episodes in 2012. In 2010, Ulusoy also shot a short film, Paranoia (2010). From 2013 until 2015, Ulusoy played the lead role Yaman Kopper in Medcezir (Tide in English), closely based on The O.C., co-starring actress Serenay Sarikaya. In 2016 until 2017, Ulusoy played the lead part in the TV series Içerde (Inside in English, partially based on the movie The Departed). In 2016, Ulusoy bought a house in Santa Monica, California. Çagatay Ulusoy is a Turkish actor and model .He was born on 23 September 1990 in ,Istanbul-Bakirköy,Turkey.He grew up in the Küçükçekmece district of Istanbul.His mother's name is Refiye Ulusoy and she is of Bosnian descent, and his father name is Aylin Ulusoy and he is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He has a younger brother named Atalay,who is with 8 years younger than Çagatay.After graduating from high school Halkali Trade Vocational High School, Çagatay Ulusoy first began studying at the Istanbul University's Department of Garden Design and Landscaping. As a student, he started working as a model,at the age of 19 years. He did swimming,sports and drawing,first in pencil,then in oil.He played basketball for 7 years and wanted to become a coach.The guitar is one of the instruments that fascinated him from childhood.At the age 16 years in summer vacation,he has worked as a waiter in Bodrum. He plays to guitar,piano and drums. He loves music,nature,the sport. In 2010,in the short film Paranoia (2010) directed by Ozgur Ozer, Çagatay Ulusoy has interpreted a paranoid person.Also in 2010, Çagatay Ulusoy participated as a dancer in the series Recep Ivedik 3 (2010) . Çagatay Ulusoy started his acting career after winning the Best Model competition in Turkey,in 15 October 2010.On the night of winning the competition,he was proposed to play the lead role, along with the actress Hazal Kaya,in the Turkish series Adini Feriha Koydum (2011-2012) ,in the role Emir Sarrafoglu. He has started to take acting lessons from Ayla Algan before winning The Best Model,and later,during the series Feriha (original title it is Adini Feriha Koydum),he has started to take acting lessons with the actors Vahide Perçin and Altan Gördum to the Art School Academy 35 and a half. The Feriha series has started on January 14, 2011 and ended with the end of season 2, on June 29, 2012. After the end of season 2,the series Feriha has continued, with season 3 with the name Emir in Yolu ,but unfortunately,this series did not have a high rating and it was abruptly stopped. In season 3 from Feriha, Gizem Karaca was the co-starring of Çagatay Ulusoy . Between season 1 and 2 of the Feriha series,Çagatay Ulusoy has participated in his first movie project Anadolu Kartallari (2011) .He has interpreted the role of Lieutenant Ahmet Onur. The film was directed by Ömer Vargi. The premiere has took place on October 28, 2011. From September 13, 2013,until June 12, 2015,Çagatay Ulusoy has filmed the second series of his career,called Medcezir (2013-2015) along with co-starring actress Serenay Sarikaya. Yaman (original title it is Medcezir) was a remake of the English television series The O.C. Yaman was directed by Ali Bilgin. On December 25, 2015,he has released his second movie project, called Delibal (2015) .He has playing alongside the actress Leyla Lydia Tugutlu,the role of Baris Ayaz,playing the character of a student at Architecture who suffers from bipolarity.The film Delibal was directed by Ali Bilgin. For this role,he has learned to play at drums and he took lessons from Serkan Ayman. Also, the song Mutlu Sonsuz that he has performed vocally was in first place in the top 10 of the most listened songs in Turkey during that period.The song Mutlu Sonsuz was written for Delibal movie by Sezen Aksu and the music has belonged to Sezen Aksu and Ozan Bayrasa . In 2016,while he was in Los Angeles,he directed a short movie,called Home.It's a movie about homeless people. Çagatay Ulusoy has made an advertisement photo shoots for Colin's (Jeans Brand) in April 2016,with Taylor Hill,who is known for her work as a Victoria's Secret model. Another project of him,Içerde (2016-2017) series, started on September 19, 2016 and ended on 19 June 2017. Ulusoy played the lead role,in the TV series Intrusul ,with the actor Aras Bulut Iynemli! Intrusul (original title it is Içerde) was based on the American film The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese. Çagatay Ulusoy has personified in this series,the role of Sarp Yilmaz,a police officer who has infiltrated into the mafia. The Intrusul series was directed by Uluç Bayraktar .Beginning in fall 2017, he takes acting lessons with Acting Coach Lori Lively, improves his professional performance and takes linguistics lessons, accent (for language English). In March 7,2018, Çagatay Ulusoy has began filming for the series The Protector (2018-) . Çagatay Ulusoy has personified the roles of Hakan Demir,the last Protector of Istanbul,and Harun Akinci the First Protector of Istanbul,Hakan's ancestor . The Protector, it was the first original Turkish Netflix series released on Netflix platform on December 14, 2018! The directors,were Can Evrenol, Umut Aral and Gönenç Uyaniki. The Protector has reached more than 10 million viewers for season 1, on Netflix.The series The Protector gave to Çagatay an international recognition when he won ,,Man of the Year GQ 2019", in Middle East in Abu Dhabi, on 7 October 2019,Ulusoy Is GQ's Television Star Of The Year. Throughout his acting career he won numerous "Best Actor" such Golden Butterfly TV Awards (2015).In 2014 he was chosen Best Stylish Actor in "Turkey Elle Style Awards".Also ,he won "Best Actor" awards from many Universities from Turkey,with many of his projects. In all these years since launching as an actor, he has continued to support charitable foundations in Turkey(Losev Foundation for children with leukemia) and most recently in Georgia,in Tbilisi! In 2018,he signed an agreement with one of the most prestigious talent agencies,United Talent Agency from Los Angeles. In the first Turkish original Netflix series The Protector, Çagatay Ulusoy played a double role, namely: Istanbul's First Protector, named Harun Akinci and Istanbul's Last Protector named Hakan Demir ! For the role of Harun in The Protector interpreted by Çagatay Ulusoy, Netflix ordered a wax statue at the Madame Tussauds Museum. In 11.03.2020,Çagatay Ulusoy , at the "Madame Tussauds" Wax Figure Museum in Istanbul, where the wax statue of Harun's character is on display. On March 11, the Turkish branch of the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, presented the statue of the first Protector of Istanbul Harun, played by Çagatay Ulusoy in the Netflix series, The Protector. On September 7, 2020, Çagatay Ulusoy finished filming the third movie Paper Lives (2021) of his acting career, produced by OGM Pictures! Çagatay Ulusoy plays the lead role in the film Paper Lives (2021) and plays the role of a father who earns his living by collecting garbage. Can Ulkay is the director and the screenplay belongs to Ercan Mehmet Erdem. On September 8, 2020, Netflix Turkey announced the release of this movie,Paper Lives (2021) on the Netflix platform. Also in September 2020, Çagatay Ulusoy appears as a guest actor in episode 3 of Menajerimi Ara (2020) directed by Ay Yapim and directed by Ali Bilgin.He plays the actor Çagatay Ulusoy. On January 16, 2021, Çagatay Ulusoy begins filming for the series Yesilçam: Bir Sinema Hayvani (2021) for Blu TV, in the lead role, where he plays a film producer from the golden age of Turkish cinema of the 1960s, named Semih Ates. The series it is produced by Eastern Sunrise ( ES Film), directed by Cagan Irmak and the scenario of the series by Levent Cantek and Volkan Sumbul . Çagatay Ulusoy debuts in December 2019-January 2020 as a screenwriter and director with the short film Birdie, with which he participated in various festivals. On March 12, the film Paper Lives is released on Netflix, where Çagatay Ulusoy is the main actor who plays Mehmet, but also the Creative Producer of this film.