Halit Ergenç

Halit Ergenç (born 30 April 1970 in İstanbul, Turkey) is a Turkish actor. well known for his role Sultan Suleiman in drama Magnificent Century (Mera Sultan) done next to Meryem Uzerli (Hurrem Sultan) & Nur Fettahoglu (Mahedoran Sultan) in Pakistan.

Halit Ergenç
Born	Halit Ergenç April 30, 1970 (age 43) İstanbul, Turkey
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996-present
Spouse(s)	Bergüzar Korel (2009-present)
Children	Ali Ergenç

Biography

With his wife and children

Halit Ergenç was born as the son of actor Sait Ergenç on 30 April 1970 in İstanbul. He completed his secondary education at Beşiktaş Atatürk High School in 1989 and entered İstanbul Technical University to study Marine Engineering. He left after one year to study opera at Mimar Sinan University and supported himself working as a computer operator and marketer. He briefly worked as a backing vocalist and dancer for Ajda Pekkan and Leman Sam.
In 1996, Ergenç began acting at the Dormen Theatre and had his first leading role in the musical The King and I. He established himself on television with his part in the series Kara Melek. He continued working in theatre with such plays as Kiss Me, Kate, Tatlı Charity, Beni Seviyor, Kral ve Ben, Amphitrion 2000, Evita, Hayalet and Ötekiler and Şarkılar Susarsa. Following appearances in the series Köşe Kapmaca and Böyle mi Olacaktı, he went to New York and acted in the musical The Adventures of Zak.

Click when Ali born

In 2000, he acted in the films Hiç Yoktan Aşk and Ölümün El Yazısı and then the series Dedem, Gofret ve Ben and Zerda where she starred opposite Ece Uslu. Then, he had appearances in a number of plays such as ''Bugün Git Yarın Gel, Popcorn, Arapsaçı and Sevgilime Göz Kulak Ol. In 2004], he starred in the series Aliye with Sanem Çelik and Nejat İşler.
In 2005 and 2006, Ergenç acted in the films Babam ve Oğlum directed by Çağan Irmak, The Net 2.0, Tramway and İlk Aşk. Beginning in 2006, he starred as Onur Aksal in the hit series Binbir Gece which was on air until 2009. During this period he also had roles in the films Devrim Arabaları and Acı Aşk. Ergenç also starred as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the film Dersimiz Atatürk. He is currently starring in the hit series Muhteşem Yüzyıl (Magnificent Century)

Click from Mera Sultan with Nur

Personal life

He is married to actress Bergüzar Korel with whom he has a son. He has stated that he likes Zeki Demirkubuz's style and Ferzan Özpetek's emotion, but prefers to work the most with Reha Erdem and Çağan Irmak who he describes as both young and talented directors.

Filmography

As an actor

Years	Films	Roles	Notes
1996	Tatlı Kaçıklar
1996	Kara Melek
1997	Böyle mi Olacaktı
1998	Gurbetçiler
2000	Ölümün El Yazısı
	Hiç Yoktan Aşk
2001	Dedem, Gofret ve Ben
2002	Kumsaldaki İzler
	Zeybek Ateşi
	Azad
	Zerda
2003	Baba
	Esir Şehrin İnsanları
	Okul
2004	Aliye
2005	The Net 2.0
	Babam ve Oğlum
2006	İlk Aşk
	Binbir Gece	Onur Aksal
2008	Devrim Arabaları
2009	Acı Aşk
2010	Dersimiz: Atatürk	Atatürk
	Misafir
2011	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Suleiman the Magnificent

From Mera Sultan with Meryem