Burak Özçivit

Burak Özçivit (born 24 December 1984) is a Turkish actor and model who is best known for his roles in Çalıkuşu (2013–2014) and Kara Sevda (2015–2017). He is currently starring as Osman Bey in the history-based, adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019–present). Throughout his acting career Özçivit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.

Burak Özçivit
Born	(1984-12-24) 24 December 1984 (age 40) Istanbul, Turkey
Alma mater	Marmara University
Occupations	Actor model
Years active	2003–present
Spouse	Fahriye Evcen ​ (m. 2017)​
Children	2

Early life

Burak Özçivit was born on 24 December 1984 in Istanbul to a family originally from Gaziantep.^[1][2] He was educated at Kazım İşmen High School and graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography.^[3][4][5]

Career

In 2003, Özçivit was elected the Top Model of Turkey and began working with modeling agencies. In 2005, he was chosen the second best model of the world.^[6] Özçivit's acting career began with the television series Eksi 18 in 2006. After the iconic actor Kartal Tibet directed in series "Zoraki Koca", His breakthrough came with the character Ömer in "Zoraki Koca".^[7] He later starred in series Baba Ocağı and İhanet . He appeared in the movie Musallat and as Çet/Çetin starred in the television series Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish adaptation of Gossip Girl.^[5][4][3] He then starred in Muhteşem Yüzyıl as Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey.

Özçivit then appeared as Kamran in the TV adaptation of Çalıkuşu opposite Fahriye Evcen. Together with Evcen, he made the movie Aşk Sana Benzer and later played in the movie Kardeşim Benim opposite Murat Boz. In 2015 he starred in Turkish drama series Kara Sevda as Kemal Soydere. The series became a hit across the world. Özçivit also owns a production company named BRK's production. As of 2019, he has been portraying the role of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman Bey in the TV series Kuruluş: Osman.^[8] The series has gained worldwide popularity and is very famous in south Asia, central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Personal life

Özçivit is a practicing Muslim.^[9] He resides in Istinye, Sarıyer, Istanbul.^[10]

He became engaged to Turkish actress Fahriye Evcen on 9 March 2017 in Germany, and they married in Istanbul on 29 June 2017.^[11] Together the couple have two children, a boy named Karan (born 2019) and a boy named Kerem (born 2023).^[12][13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role
2007	Musallat	Suat
2013	Zarafa	Hasan (voice only)
2015	Aşk Sana Benzer	Balıkçı Ali
2016	Kardeşim Benim	Hakan
2017	Kardeşim Benim 2
2018	Can Feda	Captain Alparslan
2024	Yolki 11

Television

Year	Title	Role
2006	Eksi 18	Murat
2007	Zoraki Koca	Ömer Özpolat
2008–2009	Baba Ocağı	Güven
2010	İhanet	Emir
2010–2011	Küçük Sırlar	Çetin Ateşoğlu
2011–2013	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Malkoçoğlu Balı Bey
2013–2014	Çalıkuşu	Kamran
2015–2017	Kara Sevda	Kemal Soydere
2019–present	Kuruluş: Osman	Osman I

Advertising

Year	Company/product
2013–2014	Pepsi
	ClearMen
2013–2019
2017–2018	Emaar Square Mall
2018–present	Altınyıldız Classics
2021–present	Trem Global
	PUBG Mobile
2022–present	Tor Holding
2024	Singer Bangladesh

Awards and nominations

Year	Awards	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2012	GQ Men of the Year Awards	Actor of the Year	Muhteşem Yüzyıl	Won	[14]
2013	Galatasaray University Bests of 2012 Awards	Best TV Actor		Won	[15]
2014	12th Yıldız Technical University Awards	Most Liked TV Actor	Çalıkuşu	Won	[16]
	13th Magazinci.com Internet Media (Bests)	Best TV Actor		Won	[17]
	4th Elle Style Awards	Elle Style Actor of the Year		Won
	Haliç University Bests of 2014 Awards	Best Actor		Won
2015	4th Bilkent Television Awards	Best Drama Actor	Kara Sevda	Won
	6th Ayaklı Newspaper TV Stars Awards	Best Drama Series Actor		Won
2016	14th Yıldız Technical University Awards	Most Liked Movie Actor	Aşk Sana Benzer	Won	[18]
	23rd İTÜ EMÖS Achievement Awards	Most Successful Movie Actor of the Year		Won	[19]
	16th Magazinci.com Internet Media (Bests)	TV Performance of the Year	Kara Sevda	Won	[20]
	2nd Turkey Youth Awards	Best Cinema Actor	Aşk Sana Benzer	Nominated
	Ege University 5th Media Awards	Best TV Actor	Kara Sevda	Nominated
	Galatasaray University Bests of 2016 Awards	Best TV/Movie Actor	Aşk Sana Benzer	Nominated
	43rd Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards	Best Actor	Kara Sevda	Nominated	[21]
		Best TV Couple (Nihan & Kemal)		Nominated
	Muzikonair Awards	Best Actor in a TV Series		Won	[22]
2017	44th Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards	Best Actor		Nominated
	The ONE Objective Awards	The Most Successful Celebrity of the Year		Won
	GQ Men of the Year Awards	The Most Popular Man of the Year		Won	[23]
	Kemal Sunal Culture and Art Awards	Best Actor		Won	[24]
	Individual Educational Institutions (Best of the Year)	Best Actor of the Year		Won
	Turkey Youth Awards	Best Movie Actor	Kardeşim Benim	Nominated	[25]
2018			Kardeşim Benim 2	Nominated	[26]
2019	18th Yıldız Technical University Awards	Most Admired Actor	Can Feda	Won	[27]
2020	Turkey Youth Awards	Best TV Actor	Kuruluş: Osman	Nominated	[28]
	6th Golden 61 Awards (Istanbul University)	Best Male Actor of the Year		Won	[29]
	Radio Television Journalists Association (RTGD Oscars)	Best Male Actor of the Year		Won	[30][31]
2021	Quality of Magazine 2021 Awards	Best Male Actor		Won	[32]
	Eurasian Consumer Protection Association Award (Avrasya Tüketicileri koruma Derneği ödül)	Best Actor		Won	[33]
	Golden Palm Awards	Best Actor of the Year		Won	[34][35]
	European Awards	Best Actor		Won	[36]
	7th Golden 61 Awards (Istanbul University)	Best TV Series Couple of the Year (Osman Bey & Bala Hatun)		Won
		Best Male Actor of the Year		Won	[37]
	48th Golden Butterfly Awards	Best Actor		Nominated	[citation needed]
	Soap Awards France 2021	Best International Actor	Kara Sevda	Nominated	[38][39]
	9th TV Stars Flip Newspaper Awards	Best Actor	Kuruluş: Osman	Won	[40]
2022	Turkey Youth Awards	Best TV Actor		Nominated