Biography
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu was born on 18 June 1974 in the village of Üçem in Bala, Ankara, the youngest of three children in a farming family. He won Best Model of Turkey and Best Model of the World in 1997 and then turned to acting, training at the Müjdat Gezen Art Centre.
He became a household name as Ezel Bayraktar in Ezel (2009 to 2011) and as Mahir Kara in Karadayı (2012 to 2015). His films include Son Osmanlı Yandım Ali, Kabadayı and Uzun Hikâye, and the Netflix film The Life We Live. He also hosted Kim Milyoner Olmak İster.
He married the actress Sinem Kobal in May 2016 and they have two daughters, Lalin and Leyla. In 2026 he hosts the competition A.B.I. on TRT 1.
Photo: the photographer, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
