Biography

Çaglar Ertugrul was born on Nov 5, 1987 in Izmir, Turkey. After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, his family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Crete and Bulgaria. He graduated from Koç University - Department of Mechanical Engineering.

In college years, as a member of theater club, he performed in theater plays such as; "Romeolar ve Julietler", "Yobaz" and "Kaos Teorileri". In 2010 got his acting training at Akademi 35 Buçuk. In his debut as a professional, he performed in theater plays "Les" and "Gökten Gelen Adam". In 2016 he traveled to West Hollywood to study method acting in The Lee Strasberg Institute. He also enrolled comedy improvisation classes in The Groundlings.

Caglar Ertugrul began his on-camera professional career in 2012 with starring as the lead actor in the feature film "Dag". His success came with the sequel "Dag 2" becoming the Turkey's box office champions of 2016. He also starred in several feature films such as "Bana Masal Anlatma", "Biz Size Döneriz" "Ailecek Saskiniz", "Yanimda Kal" and "Scent of my Daughter"

His TV debut started off with becoming the lead actor in "Benim Için Üzülme" in 2012. He then continued to star in several TV series such as "Boynu Bükükler", "Galip Dervis", "Kurt Seyit ve Shura", "Beyaz Karanfil" and "Medcezir".

In 2016 Çaglar Ertugrul shined in the drama series "Fazilet Hanim ve Kizlari" as Yagiz Egemen. He then proved his range in comedy as Kerem Yigiter in the romantic-comedy series "Afili Ask" in 2019

- IMDb mini biography by: Gulay Ciko (agent)