Barış Arduç (born 9 October 1987) is a Swiss-born Turkish actor. After meeting theater actress Ayla Algan, he started professional acting. His breakthrough came with the premiere of Kiralık Aşk (2015–2017). Apart from his television career, he is also featured in motion pictures. With Kiralık Aşk, Arduç is a two-time award winner at the Golden Butterfly TV Awards (2015 and 2016). He is also a recipient of the Sadri Family Theater and Cinema Award. From May 2016, he is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the Life Without Cancer Society of Turkey. In March 2017, he won the GQ Turkey award for “Mostly Spoken Man of the Year 2016”.
Profile Name: Barış Arduç
Height: 6′2″
Born: 9 October 1987
Birth Place: Münsterlingen, Switzerland
Currently Dating: Married (Gupse Özay)
Instagram Profile: https://www.instagram.com/arducbrs/?hl=en
Barış Arduç was born on 9 October 1987 in Scherzinger, Switzerland, as the middle child of real estate agents Gülay and Erol Arduç. He has one older brother, Onur, and one younger brother Mert. His parents moved to Switzerland before he was born. At the age of 8, he permanently moved to Turkey with his family and went to school in Sakarya and Gölcük. Due to the 1999 İzmit earthquake which affected Gölcük, he was forced to move to Bolu with his family. After finishing middle school and passing 1st grade of high school, his family moved to Istanbul where he continued his high school education. Arduç’s father is also of Albanian descent.
After graduating from high school, he won the scholarship of Sports Academy of Kayseri’s Erciyes University but returned to Istanbul when he could not adapt to the school in the first year. Being actively involved in sports such as swimming, diving, football, basketball, handball, he joined the Turkey Underwater Sports Federation and worked as a lifeguard in Şile for 8 years. Later, he met theater actress Ayla Algan and studied acting. He then attended the theatrical training at Sadri Alışık Theater and started professional acting.
Movies And TV Series
Series
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Küçük Hanımefendi | Cenk | |
| 2011 | Dinle Sevgili | Hakan | |
| 2011 | Pis Yedili | Sinan | Supporting role (season 1, episode 5) |
| 2012 | Benim İçin Üzülme | Ahmet Avcıoğlu | Supporting role |
| 2013–2014 | Bugünün Saraylısı | Selim Bayraktar | Supporting role |
| 2015 | Racon: Ailem İçin | Tekin Atan | Leading role |
| 2015–2017 | Kiralık Aşk | Ömer İplikçi | Leading role |
| 2019 | Kuzgun | Kuzgun Cebeci | Leading role |
| 2020 | Çukur | Arık Böke Erdenet | Supporting role |
Movies
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sadece Sen | Emin |
| 2014 | Deliha | Cemil |
| 2017 | Mutluluk Zamanı | Mert Sönmez |