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Ali Atay
Actor

Ali Atay

20 Apr 1976Born
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Biography

Dursun Ali Atay (born 20 April 1976) is a Turkish actor, musician and director. He graduated theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known for as Mecnun in hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. He has appeared in more than fifteen films and theatre plays since 1999. In June 2014, the shooting of his new movie, Limonata, began. The movie marked his first experience as a director and scenarist, and actors such as Serkan Keskin and Ertan Saban were cast as the leading roles in it.

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Atay later got a major role on ATV's Mutlu Ol Yeter, alongside Aslı Enver, Öner Erkan and Ertan Saban.

In 2017, he appeared portrayed the character of Commissioner Yusuf on BluTV's first online Turkish series Masum. He shared the leading role with Haluk Bilginer, Nur Sürer and Okan Yalabık. He later appeared as Ali Astubay on Turkey's entry for the 90th Academy Awards, Ayla. He directed the action-comedy movie Ölümlü Dünya, which was released in 2018. Atay then got a role in the movie Turkish'i Dondurma, which is inspired by a true story.

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Filmography

  1. TBAGüneye GiderkenFilm: Kadir, Writer, Director
  2. 2025The Eighth FamilySeries: Director, Writer, Creator (8 episodes)
  3. 2024AnonimSeries: Creator (5 episodes)
  4. 2023Mortal World 2Film: Writer, Director
  5. 2022One WayFilm
  6. 2021Last SummerSeries: Savcı Selim Kara (26 episodes)
  7. 2021Şeref BeySeries: Writer, Creator (10 episodes)
  8. 2019You've Got MurderFilm: Director, Writer
  9. 2019Noah LandFilm: Ömer
  10. 2019Turkish Ice CreamFilm: Ice Cream Man Mehmet
  11. 2018Mortal WorldFilm: Writer, Director
  12. 2017Ayla: The Daughter of WarFilm: Ali
  13. 2017InnocentSeries: Yusuf (8 episodes)
  14. 2015LemonadeFilm: Director, Writer
  15. 2015Just Be HappySeries: Can (7 episodes)
  16. 2013Thou Gild'st the EvenFilm: Cemal
  17. 2011Leyla and MecnunSeries: Mecnun Çınar (144 episodes)
  18. 2010Vay ArkadaşFilm: Manik
  19. 2010Behzat Ç.: An Ankara PolicemanSeries: Mecnun Çınar (1 episode)
  20. 2010Kılıç GünüSeries: Cenk Kızıltan (8 episodes)
  21. 2010Gönül Ferman DinlemiyorSeries: Murat (3 episodes)
  22. 200940Film: Metin
  23. 2009Yapma Diyorum!Series: Aşık Mağlubi (3 episodes)
  24. 2007Happy New Year LondonFilm: Firuz
  25. 2007Esref saatiSeries: Sebati (39 episodes)
  26. 2007Hayat KavgamSeries: Veysel (1 episode)
  27. 2006CemileSeries (4 episodes)
  28. 2006Çeşm-i BülbülSeries: Veli (1 episode)
  29. 2005He's Convict NowFilm: Yiğit Çiftgör
  30. 2004ÇınaraltıSeries: Serhan (13 episodes)
  31. 2002Şapkadan Babam ÇıktıSeries: Maksut (13 episodes)
  32. 2001Aşkım AşkımSeries (1 episode)
  33. 2000Yedi NumaraSeries: Leo (1 episode)
  34. 2000Artık Çok GeçFilm: Kemal
  35. 1998Second SpringSeries: Ersin (8 episodes)

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