Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ
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Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (born 27 October 1983 in Adana) is a Turkish actor and male model.
Early life
Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ was born in Adana in southern Turkey to a family of five children. His family studied at Yenice Özel Çağ Lisesi where he excelled in basketball. His family later moved to İstanbul so his father could receive treatment for a heart ailment. In İstanbul, he joined the Ülkerspor sports club as a basketball player and model.
Career
Tatlıtuğ was recruited by a modeling agency after his mother sent them pictures of him. He competed in and won the Best Model Of The World modeling pageant in 2002. Since then, he has worked as a professional model and actor.
The blond, blue-eyed actor starred as the character Mehmet in Gümüş in 2005; Mehmet became Mohannad in the wildly popular Arabic language soap opera version, Noor. The AlArab Online stated that the actor became "a heart-throb for many Arab women."<ref>http://english.alarabonline.org/display.asp?fname=2008%5C07%5C07-28%5Czalsoz%5C924%2Ehtm%26amp%3Bdismode%3Dx%26amp%3Bts%3D28%2F07%2F2008%252002%3A43%3A00%2520%25C3%25A3%26lt%3B%2Fref%26gt%3B
Personal life
Kivanc has been dating Miss World 2002 and actress Azra Akin since 2002.
Films
- Aski-i Memnu (Behlül) 2008/2009
- Menekse ile Halil (Halil) 2007/2008
- Amerikalilar Karadenizde [Americans at The Black Sea] Category:
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