Biography
Ozan Umut Çobanoğlu was born on 6 February 1980 in Arpaçay, Kars, the son of the folk poet Aşık Murat Çobanoğlu. He lived in Kars until he was thirteen and then moved with his family to Ankara. He graduated from the theatre department of Hacettepe University State Conservatory in 2004 and has been a permanent member of the Konya State Theatre since 2005.
He made his television debut in Sırlar Dünyası in 2002 and from 2007 to 2011 led Samanyolu TV’s Tek Türkiye as Doktor Tarık. He later appeared in Kollama, Dila Hanım and Küçük Ağa, and in 2013 wrote, directed and starred in the thriller Eksik Sayfalar. In 2016 he joined Kanal D‘s Arka Sokaklar as Komiser Hakan Çınar and played him for ten seasons until the 2026 finale.
He met his wife, the presenter Ezgi Sertel, on the set of Tek Türkiye. They married in 2016 and their twin sons Tibet and Mert were born in January 2020. He also has a son, Doruk, from an earlier marriage.
