Buğra Gülsoy

Behiç Buğra Gülsoy (born 22 February 1982) is a Turkish actor, author, screenwriter, director, producer, architect, graphic designer and photographer.

Buğra Gülsoy
Born	Behiç Buğra Gülsoy (1982-02-22) 22 February 1982 (age 43)[1] Ankara, Turkey
Nationality	Turkish
Education	Eastern Mediterranean University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse(s)	Burcu Kara ​ ​ (m. 2011; div. 2012)​ [1] Nilüfer Gürbüz ​ ​ (m. 2018; div. 2023)​ [2]
Children	1[3]

Early life

Buğra Gülsoy was born on 22 February 1982 in Ankara, Turkey. His mother is from Erzincan. His father is from Niğde. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Ankara. He gained his first stage experience when he was 13. He graduated from the Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Architecture and master of advanced acting in Bahçeşehir University.^[4][5]

Career

The movies in which he has had a role include Cebimdeki Yabancı, Acı Tatlı Ekşi, Mahalle, Görümce, Robinson Crusoe, Güzel Günler Göreceğiz, Gölgeler ve Suretler, and Güneşi Gördüm. One of his movies also include Yaren Leylek where he had a leaing role with Seçkin Özdemir and Hande Doğandemir.

He came to attention for series "Unutulmaz" in 2009. In 2010, Gülsoy played the role of Vural Namlı in the internationally famous series Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?. Since 2011, he has portrayed Güney Tekinoğlu in the Kanal D drama series Kuzey Güney and was awarded "The best TV series actor" in 2012. He played the main role in the series Eski Hikaye as Mete. In 2015, he played the lead role in the popular romantic-comedy series Aşk Yeniden as Fatih.^[6] In 2018 he played in Kızım as Demir Göktürk. In 2020, He played as Sultan Melikşah of Seljuk Empire in historical series Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu.

Personal life

Gülsoy dated actress Burcu Kara, they married on 22 July 2011. The pair lasted only 12 months and divorced in 2012.^[1] He married Nilüfer Gürbüz in September 2018, with whom he has a son named Cem Gülsoy, born in April 2019. They divorced in March 2023.^[7]

Books

• Birinci Kıyamet^{[ISBN missing]}
• İkinci Kıyamet^{[ISBN missing]}
• Luna

Theatre

• Pragma
• Deep
• Caesar Bir Denge Oyunu
• Kadıncıklar
• Lokomopüf

Filmography

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Dünyayla Benim Aramda	Tolga	Leading role

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Hepimiz Birimiz İçin	Nazım	Supporting role
2009–2010	Unutulmaz	Tolga
2010–2011	Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?	Vural Namlı
2011–2013	Kuzey Güney	Güney Tekinoğlu	Leading role
2013–2014	Eski Hikaye	Mete
2014	Bana Artık Hicran De	Sinan
2015–2016	Aşk Yeniden	Fatih Şekercizade
2018	8. Gün	Ozan Taş
2018–2019	Kızım	Demir Göktürk
2019	Azize	Kartal Alpan
2020–2021	Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu	Sultan Melikşah
2021	Misafir	Erdem Ersoy
2024	Bahar	Evren Yalkın

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Trio		Short film
2005	Heterotopya		Short film – Director and actor
2006	İnsan Üçleme		Short film – Director and actor
2007	Alt Üst		Short film – Director and actor
2007	Nar Yarası		Short film
2007	Mutlu Son	Arda	Short film – Director and actor
2009	Güneşi Gördüm	Berat
2010	Gölgeler ve Suretler	Ahmet
2011	Güzel Günler Göreceğiz	Cumali
2016	Görümce	Ahmet	leading role
2016	Robinson Crouse	Robinson	Dubbing voice
2016	Mahalle	Sabri	Writer – director – leading role
2017	Acı Tatlı Ekşi	Murat	Writer – leading role
2018	Cebimdeki Yabancı	Kerem	Leading role
2024	Yaren Leylek	Hakan	Leading role

Producer and director

• Mahalle
• Pragma
• Sharzin Rabbani

Screenwriter

• Acı Tatlı Ekşi
• Mutluluk Zamanı
• Mahalle
• Pragma (theatre)

Commercial

• Fuse Tea
• Filli Boya
• Vodafone