Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil (born 16 January 1983) is a Turkish actor, director and former footballer. His family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Kyustendil. His cousin is actor Bülent Şakrak. He married actress Cansu Tosun.^[1]

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Born	(1983-01-16) 16 January 1983 (age 42) Bursa, Turkey
Alma mater	Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	2005–present
Spouse	Cansu Tosun ​ (m. 2018)​
Children	1
Relatives	Bülent Şakrak (uncle)
Association football career Position(s) Goalkeeper Youth career 1996–1999 Bursaspor Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1999–2001 Alacahirka Spor 2016–2018 Küçükköyspor 2018–2021 Vefa 2021 Amsterdam Gençler Birliği * Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his career with roles in theater plays, films, and TV series, however, he eventually became known with his role in Ulan Istanbul and later in Çukur. His fantasy series are Görünen Adam and Yaratılan. He played supporting roles in hit series such as Yılan Hikayesi, Kurtlar Vadisi, Sakarya Fırat, Merhamet, and Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem. He has won awards for his appearance in several short films.^[2][3]

Life and career

Köstendil was born in 1983 in Bursa. He is a graduate of Bursa Atatürk High School. During his high school years, he was a member of the Bursaspor football team.^[4]

He began his acting career at the Tuncay Özinel Theater, by playing a number of roles in plays such as AuT and Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı.^[5]

In 2009, he wrote and directed the series Mukadderat, which was published online on Facebook. In the same year, he got a role in the action series M.A.T and portrayed the character of "Emre". In 2010, he wrote and directed the short movie Vakit, which received awards at the Sinepark 4th Short Film Festival, Eskişehir Kral Midas Short Film Festival, and the 47th International Antalya Film Festival.^[6]

He also wrote the scenario for the feature film Torbacının Esrarı, which was shot in Amsterdam and Istanbul. His fourth short film project was Suma, which was released in 2018 and realized as one of Turkey's good comedy works at the Los Angeles Film Awards.^[7]

Theatre

• Kalp Düğümü – Craft Theater^[8]
• AuT – İkincikat Theater
• Karşı Cinsle Tanışma Sanatı – Isparta Virtual Theater
• 12 Numaralı Adam

Filmography

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Görünen Adam	Kurtuluş
2023	Yaratılan	İhsan

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Yılan Hikayesi	Hamburger maker	Supporting role
2005	Kurtlar Vadisi	Memati's fellow
2009–2012	Sakarya Fırat	Er Mahmut Karakum
2012	Babalar ve Evlatlar	Ayhan
2013	Merhamet	Mehmet
2014–2015	Ulan İstanbul	Karlos Nevizade	Leading role
2015–2016	Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem	Şahin Giray Han	Supporting role
2016	Familya	Toprak Beyoğlu	Leading role
2017	Bir Deli Sevda	Mehmet Gökdeniz
2017–2021	Çukur	Vartolu Saadettin / Salih Koçovalı
2019	Çarpışma		Guest appearance
2023	Ne Gemiler Yaktım	Toprak	Leading role

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2008	Güz Sancısı	Demonstrator	Supporting role
2009	M.A.T	Emre
	Melekler ve Kumarbazlar	Tea maker	Supporting role
	Mukadderat
2014	İtirazım Var	Superman	Supporting role
	Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği	Şenol	Leading role
2015	Yok Artık!	Taxi driver Fikret
	Kara Bela	Güven
2017	Babam	Deniz
	Put Şeylere
2018	Müslüm	Pavilion owner	Supporting role
2019	Sibel	Ali	Leading role
	Türk İşi Dondurma	Cameleer Ali
2022	Gönül	Piroz
	Bandırma Füze Kulübü	Necati
	Tamirhane	İdris
2025	The Things You Kill	Reza	Supporting role

Discography

Singles

• 2018: "Nemrudun Kızı" (feat. Mustafa Kırantepe)
• 2020: "Doyana Doymayana Popkek III"