Metin Akdülger (born 10 April 1988) is a Turkish actor, writer, musician.
He is co-writer of comic book series "Görmüş Geçirmiş Kaptan 88".
His music band is "Journers".
Akdülger, who took part in amateur plays and made short films during his youth, attended acting classes at his school due to his interest in acting while continuing his education at Koç University.
He continued to take part in amateur theatre plays at the university.
Metin Akdülger was born on 10 April 1988 in Bursa.
His family were Turkish immigrants from Thessaloniki and Skopje, and he spent his childhood on a farmhouse.
He realized that he had an interest in acting while taking part in small plays in high school and shooting short films with his friends.
But instead of enrolling in conservatory, he decided to study international relations and political science "to learn what is happening in the world".
He moved from Bursa to Istanbul to study international relations at Koç University.
When he was in the third year of his studies, he learned that Yıldız Kenter was teaching at his school and started to attend her classes.
He was Kenter's assistant for a while.
The first play he took part in at the university was an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
He wanted the role of Tybalt in the play, but ended up portraying Romeo.
2012
He joined the Craft Theatre team in 2012.
His professional theatre career began in 2012 with his role in the play Tape.
After taking Kenter's classes, he decided to try method acting, and in 2012 he took acting lessons from Merve Taşkan.
In the same year he started working with Craft Theatre.
His first professional theatre debut came in 2012, with a role in an adaptation of Stephen Belber's Tape, which was directed by Tevfik Şahin.
He portrayed the character of Vince on stage.
Akdülger went to New York City to take further acting training after his first theatre experiences.
When he was there, he stopped taking lessons because he thought that the techniques he would learn abroad could not be adapted to Turkish culture and industry upon his return to Istanbul.
While in New York, he began preparations for a potential role in the Turkish adaptation of The O.C. titled Medcezir.
He auditioned for the role when he returned to Turkey.
In the same period, an offer was made for him to portray Şehzade Selim in the fourth season of Muhteşem Yüzyıl, for which he auditioned as well.
At the end of the process, Akdülger began to portray the character of Orkun Civanoğlu in Medcezir.
2013
In 2013, he entered television, and began starring in the popular TV series Medcezir.
In the same year, he made his cinematic debut with the movie Bensiz, in which he portrayed a footballer who suffers a stroke.
The series was directed by Ali Bilgin and premiered on 13 September 2013 on Star TV.
2014
After this experience, Akdülger returned to theatre by joining the cast of Mary, which went on stage in 2014 at Didaskali Theatre.
2015
In 2015, he starred in the period series Analar ve Anneler.
2016
In 2016, he took part in the play Kahramanlar Hep Erkek, an adaptation of Duygu Asena's autobiography Kadının Adı Yok.
In the same year, he landed his first leading role in a TV series by portraying Murad IV in the second season of the historical show Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem.
2017
After this series, Akdülger had a solo performance with the play Baldan Karanlık in 2017, which was well received by the critics.
With his performance in the play, he received the "Promising Actor of the Year" at the 2nd Üstün Akmen Theatre Awards.
In the same year, he appeared in the movie Kırık Kalpler Bankası.
2018
Akdülger had a leading role in My Favourite Fabric, which premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.
He then continued his career with roles in the crime fiction series Şahsiyet in 2018 and the fantasy series Atiye in 2019.
In addition to feature films, Akdülger has played in many short films throughout his career and has been a judge in many short film competitions.
2019
In late 2019, he formed the band Journers with Burak Yeşildurak and started making music.
