Can Yaman

Can Yaman (born 8 November 1989) is a Turkish actor, model and lawyer. He has received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2018 for his role in Erkenci Kuş. Can Yaman won 7th GQ Men of the Year 2019 award. He also starred in the TV series Gönül İşleri , İnadına Aşk, Hangimiz Sevmedik, Dolunay, and recently Bay Yanlış in 2020.

Can Yaman
Can Yaman on the set of Bay Yanlış
Born (1989-11-08) 8 November 1989
Istanbul, Turkey
CitizenshipTurkish
OccupationActor, model
Years active2014–present

Life

Yaman was born on 8 November 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey. His paternal grandfather is an immigrant from Kosovo.[1][2] His paternal grandmother is an immigrant from North Macedonia.[3][4] He is the nephew of football coach Fuat Yaman.[5] From an early age, Yaman's grandmothers were involved hands-on in his upbringing and care due to financial difficulties which his parents experienced.[6] Yaman's parents divorced when he was five years old.[7]

Yaman studied at Bilfen Kolej for first and middle school, then studied at the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, where he finished as a top student with the highest grade since existence of the educational establishment.[8] In 2012, he graduated from the Law Department of Yeditepe University, and began working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he met his current law firm partners. By the time he was 24, Yaman was working in mergers and acquisitions and writing articles for the tax section of Dunya newspaper. As he was finding success in the corporate law sector, he was also realizing that corporate life was not for him. Yaman told Hello! Magazine in 2018, "I felt like having an open view but sitting in an office and wearing a suite bothered me a lot. When they gave me an annual leave, I left without coming back. It was on TV that my colleagues saw me next." While on summer leave from work, Yaman traveled to Bodrum to visit his grandmother. There he met his eventual and current acting managers, Cuneyt Sayil and Ilker Bilgi.[9]

Career

Can Yaman started his career in Gönül İşleri in 2014. The breakthrough in his career was the series Dolunay. In 2016, he starred in the series Hangimiz Sevmedik. The media later reported that Yaman insulted and threw a glass at his co-star Selen Soyder, for which a court case was opened, and Yaman was found guilty.[10][11]

From 2018 to 2019, he played one of the lead role "Can" in the Turkish romantic comedy series Erkenci Kuş (Early Bird) whereby he co-starred with Demet Özdemir.[12] He received the Best Foreign Actor Award at the Murex D'or 2019 in Beirut, Lebanon for his role in Erkenci Kuş.[13] He won E! News's 2019 TV's Top Leading Man award for the same TV series.[14]

In 2020, Υaman played the lead role Özgür Atasoy in the Turkish short series Bay Yanlış (Mr. Wrong) with his co-star Özge Gürel. The series is produced by Gold Film, directed by Deniz Yorulmazer, with a script by Aslı Zengin and Banu Zengin Tak. It premiered on FOX in June 2020.[15]

In 2020, Can Yaman become a face of Turkish clothing brand TUDORS with contract spanning for 2 years worth 3 million TL.[16]

In 2021 Can Yaman signed a contract star as a lead in reebot of 80's cult series Sandokan.[17] He will receive over 1M Euro for the first season.[18]

Filmography
TV series
Year Title Role Notes
2014Gönül İşleriBedirSupporting role
2015İnadına AşkYalın ArasMain role
2016Hangimiz SevmedikTarık ÇamMain role
2017DolunayFerit AslanMain role
2018–2019Erkenci Kuş Can DivitMain role
2020Bay YanlışÖzgür AtasoyMain role
2021SandokanMain role

Awards and nominations
Awards
Year Award Category Result
2018Pantene Golden Butterfly AwardsBest Romantic Comedy ActorWon
Pantene Golden Butterfly AwardsBest TV Couple (with Demet Özdemir)Nominated
Media and Art Awards (Magazinn)Couple of the Year (with Demet Özdemir)Won
2019GQ Men of the YearBest Rising ActorWon
Murex d'OrBest Foreign ActorWon
Turkey Youth AwardsBest TV Series ActorWon
Quality AwardsBest ActorWon
TV’s Top Leading Man of 2019 pollTV’s Top Leading Man of 2019Won
2020PRODU Awards 2020Best Actor in foreign language seriesNominated

References
  1. "Can Yaman kimdir?". www.biyografi.info.
  2. "Can Yaman NTV Bayram Özel Reporpajı" (in Turkish).
  3. "Can Yaman Kimdir ? - Can Yaman Hayatı ve Biyografisi". Haberler.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. "Robot değil, sağlıklı bir erkeğim". www.hurriyet.com.tr.
  5. "Can Yaman tuttuğunu koparır".
  6. "Can Yaman." Verissimo, season 25, episode 5, Canal 5, 10 October 2020, https://www.mediasetplay.mediaset.it/.../can-yaman...
  7. ""Can Yaman". Hello Turkeye. 22 August 2018.
  8. "Can Yaman". CNN Türk (in Turkish).
  9. "Can Yaman Bio". Can Yaman Turkey. canyamanturkey.com. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. "Rol arkadaşına bardak fırlatan Can Yaman'a ceza". T24. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  11. "Selen Soyder'e bardak fırlatan Can Yaman'a ceza". www.ntv.com.tr. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
  12. "Erkenci Kuş Full HD izle | Star TV". startv.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  13. Can Yaman Speaking English & Arabic Murex d'Or Best Actor Award English 2019, retrieved 21 October 2019
  14. "TV's Top Leading Man Responds! Congrats to Can Yaman". E! Online. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  15. Haley. "Can Yaman and Özge Gürel to reunite in "Bay Yanlış"". dizilah.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  16. https://www.gazetemag.com/can-yaman-tudorsun-yeni-reklam-yuzu-oldu/
  17. Vivarelli, Nick; Vivarelli, Nick (2020-12-22). "Turkish Star Can Yaman Set For Lux Vide Reboot of 'Sandokan' TV Series". Variety. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  18. "Erkenci Kuş'un Can'ı Can Yaman Sandokan'dan servet kazanacak! Alacağı ücret dudak uçuklattı". aksam.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2021-01-14.
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