Biography
Caner Cindoruk was born on 17 April 1980 in Adana, the eldest of three brothers in a family of writers and actors. His father, Zafer Doruk, is a writer who has won the Orhan Kemal Story Award twice, his uncle Erdal Cindoruk is a theatre actor, and both his brothers act. He joined the Seyhan Municipality Theatre in 1997.
He moved to Istanbul in 2006 and made his film debut in Beynelmilel. On television he played Doktor Nazmi in Yaprak Dökümü and in 2009 Kemal in the Orhan Kemal adaptation Hanımın Çiftliği. He led Aramızda Kalsın (2013), then played Sarp in Kadın (2017 to 2020) and Volkan in Sadakatsiz (2020 to 2022), followed by Maviye Sürgün. He also directs for the theatre and studied business administration at Çukurova University.
He is 1.85 m tall and keeps his private life to himself. In 2026 he joined atv‘s Hamal as Egemen, the antagonist opposite Oktay Kaynarca’s Hamal Kemal. Fahriye Evcen completes the lead trio.
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