Biography
Kaan Çakır was born on 1 February 1977 in Bakırköy, Istanbul, the second child of a family of immigrants from Gümülcine, Greece. He started in theatre at school, entered the Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1995 and graduated in 1999. His first screen role came while he was still a student, in the third season of Kara Melek (1998).
He has appeared in Bir İstanbul Masalı, Yılan Hikayesi, Aliye, Böyle Bitmesin, Benim Adım Melek, Kardeşlerim (as Ahmet) and Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi. In film, he won Best Supporting Actor at the 52nd Antalya Film Festival in 2015 for Muna.
He is married to Başak Çakır and they have one child. From 2025 to 2026 he played Tibet Köksal in Kanal D‘s Güller ve Günahlar, a character who is stabbed by Berrak in episode 18. Since June 2026 he has played Galip Sultan in atv’s Altı Üstü İstanbul.
