Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Acting

Erkan Kolçak Köstendil

Born 1983-01-16 · Bursa, Turkey

Erkan Kolcak Köstendil, is a Turkish actor, writer, director, and singer.Her uncle is actor Bülent Sakrak. Born and raised in Bursa, a large city located in northwestern Anatolia, Kostendil was considering and working towards becoming a goalkeeper until his path crossed with two seasoned actors who made such an impression on him that he decided to study theater at the prestigious Mimar Sinan University of the Fine Arts. Kostendil later went on to write, direct, and act in plays and short films. He wrote and starred in the play 'Karsi Cinsle Tanisma Sanati' and was in another play named 'Aut', for which he was chosen 'Actor of the Year'. This play also earned him a 'Young Actor Special' award. Kostendil always kept busy as he wrote and directed the first Turkish Facebook Series, 'Mukadderat'. He gained widespread industry recognition as well as many awards with his short film, 'Vakit'. Kostendil then went on to write and direct a medium-length film which was shot in Istanbul and Amsterdam. Making a successful transition into TV acting, Kostendil has appeared in numerous popular shows and has claimed his place within the acting world by capitalizing on his unique character interpretations. He first appeared on 'Kurtlar Vadisi' in 2005. Kostendil got his first big break with the 2009 production, 'Sakarya Firat' in which he played a low-ranking soldier, and portrayed the character with utmost authenticity. In the following years he appeared in a number of movies and TV shows. In 2014, he portrayed the character 'Karlos Nevizade', on the hit TV show, 'Ulan Istanbul'. This character became a phenomenon among the Turkish TV audience, and gained Kostendil huge fame and recognition all around Turkey. It was on this show that he and one of his co-stars, Sebnem Bozoklu, performed a song he had written named 'Yanarim Yanarim' in one of the episodes. This performance got millions of views on Youtube. After a couple more successful projects, Kostendil appeared in the internationally aired historical drama, 'Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem', successfully portraying 'Shahin Khan Girai', the last Khan of Crimea. His last appearance was on the TV show, 'Familya'.

Acting credits

Son of a Rich poster
5.6

A young man born into an oligarch family is so spoiled that he believes he's above the law. When he faces jail, his father decides to 'rehabilitate' his son. An abandoned village is reconstructed, 19th century style. The spoiled brat 'goes back in time', reincarnated as a serf, to learn how to appreciate life and to work hard.

Son of a Rich

2024

Sibel poster
6.7

25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.

Sibel

2019

Fork in the Road poster
6.3

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

Fork in the Road

2017

Zwijgrecht poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Zwijgrecht

2025

No artwork available
NR

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Çare Messi

Trouble on Wheels poster
6.3

After the death of his wife and father, Kudret, who has always lived by the book, decides to go on a road trip to save a girl.

Trouble on Wheels

2015

Heartsong poster
6.5

While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.

Heartsong

2022

The Things You Kill poster
6.3

Questioning the suspicious death of his mother, a university professor and his enigmatic gardener descend into a hypnotic maze of mirrors and memories. As family secrets surface and painful truths emerge, they spiral toward a devastating reckoning with the darkness lurking within us all.

The Things You Kill

2025

Muslum poster
7.1

A biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).

Muslum

2018

My Father poster
6.3

After his wife's sudden death, a man takes care of his son living with a disability with help from a new employee at his struggling factory.

My Father

2017

One Night in Istanbul poster
4.4

Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.

One Night in Istanbul

2014

Put to the Things poster
3.8

The already complex connections of a group of artists living in İstanbul’s Cihangir district are becoming bizarre because of a camcorder entering their lives. A narcissistic director in which all the women are in love, two roommates connected by cable, a theater scene that can turn into a morgue concurrently, a nurse who resurrects the dead people, and a drug dealer who has no arms, sometimes the right, sometimes the left, sometimes both arms; these are protagonists of the experimental narrative that Onur Ünlü plays with time and space.

Put to the Things

2018

Confidante poster
7.0

Ankara, 1999. Arzu takes one call after another in the sex call centre where she works. When an earthquake hits Istanbul, a young client she spoke to earlier phones her back, begging her to rescue him from the rubble.

Confidante

2025

Trick poster
3.0

A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...

Trick

2024

PES ARTIK poster
NR

Pes Artık focuses on the life of a man living alone. The life of an actor living alone in Cihargir takes a completely different turn when his childhood friend unexpectedly shows up. The series, written, directed, and starring Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, also features Bülent Şakrak, Ertan Saban, and Alper Baytekin in the cast.

PES ARTIK

2020

Turkish Ice Cream poster
5.9

In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.

Turkish Ice Cream

2019

Dragon Trap poster
5.5

When a serial killer goes after former convicted pedophiles, it is up to Police Commissioner Abbas and his Chief Celal to stop the killings.

Dragon Trap

2010

No Way poster
4.9

A Turkish taxi driver tells stories which are almost unbelievable.

No Way

2015

Not Your Average Family poster
1.0

The life of 35-year-old Murat, who lives with his family in a neighborhood in Istanbul, is turned upside down by the death of his father. The question of whether to bury his father in Istanbul or in the village causes divisions within the family. As the father is about to be buried in a cemetery in Istanbul, the family realizes that the deceased is someone else. Murat, influenced by his cousin Hızır, begins to suspect each member of the family, and his paranoia escalates within this chaotic day. At the end of the night, Murat will be confronted with the truth that he is indeed an integral part of this family that he has always rejected.

Not Your Average Family

2024

The Team poster
2.0

This film about the story of two brothers who do not want to sell the carpet field inherited from their father tells a funny and sometimes sad dille to struggle to kill their dreams despite the difficulties and the neighborhood solidarity from time to time.

The Team

2015

Bandırma Füze Kulübü poster
7.6

When the calendars showed the 1950s, curiosity and interest in space had reached new heights, and many countries from Europe to Asia, led by the United States and the Soviet Union, had launched space programs and entered into fierce competition to reach beyond the unknowns of the sky. By 1957, the Soviet Union had become the first country to launch a rocket into space with Sputnik, followed by the United States as the second to make history. During these years, high school students and their friends living in Bandırma were inspired by Sputnik to pursue their dreams of space exploration. Despite lacking a space program, government support, or financial resources, they established the "Bandırma Rocket Club" with the aim of launching a rocket into space.

Bandırma Füze Kulübü

2022

Gerçek Kesit: Manyak poster
5.2

Riza, a garbage man becomes obsessed in her old mother when he finds a woman's corpse in a garbage can. But someday he meets with his new neighbor,a beautiful widow and starts to lose track of reality, stuck between his love and her mother.

Gerçek Kesit: Manyak

2018

PABLITO: The Pablo Martin Batalla Documentary poster
NR

“Pablito” is a documentary tracing the remarkable journey of Argentine footballer Pablo Martin Batalla, from the streets of Cordoba to legendary status in Bursa. More than just a playmaker, Batalla became the beating heart of Bursaspor during one of the club’s most iconic eras. Through heartfelt interviews and archival footage, the film explores his deep bond with the club, his influence on and off the pitch, and how a foreign player became a hometown hero.

PABLITO: The Pablo Martin Batalla Documentary

2021

Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği poster
9.0

Elena, who lost her husband to cancer after the Chernobyl disaster, one of the greatest catastrophes in recent history, finds a solution in coming to Turkey for treatment when she learns that her son is also suffering from the same disease. While Elena is undergoing treatment in Trabzon, she meets Şenol, a footballer who dreams of playing for Trabzonspor. Şenol falls in love with her at first sight without a second thought... On the other hand, Trabzonspor, which was heading for the championship in the 1995-1996 football league, loses the championship in the final match, and the world of their cheerleader Ahmet collapses... On the other hand, there is Kazım Koyuncu, who has won the hearts of millions with his voice and personality. As a victim of Chernobyl who lost his life to cancer, Koyuncu is like the voice of the local people...

Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği

2014

Behind the camera

No artwork available
NR

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Çare Messi

Trick poster
3.0

A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...

Trick

2024

Trick poster
3.0

A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...

Trick

2024

Trick poster
3.0

A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...

Trick

2024

PES ARTIK poster
NR

Pes Artık focuses on the life of a man living alone. The life of an actor living alone in Cihargir takes a completely different turn when his childhood friend unexpectedly shows up. The series, written, directed, and starring Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, also features Bülent Şakrak, Ertan Saban, and Alper Baytekin in the cast.

PES ARTIK

2020

PES ARTIK poster
NR

Pes Artık focuses on the life of a man living alone. The life of an actor living alone in Cihargir takes a completely different turn when his childhood friend unexpectedly shows up. The series, written, directed, and starring Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, also features Bülent Şakrak, Ertan Saban, and Alper Baytekin in the cast.

PES ARTIK

2020

Suma poster
NR

The main character finds himself in need of money to persue his dream of becoming an actor. While searching, he encounters many people who help him.

Suma

2017

Suma poster
NR

The main character finds himself in need of money to persue his dream of becoming an actor. While searching, he encounters many people who help him.

Suma

2017

Vakit poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vakit

2010

Vakit poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Vakit

2010

The Garage poster
4.1

Two brothers Yılmaz and Müjdat, who have grown up in an orphanage, are inherited a car body repair shop from Nuri and İsmet who were like fathers to them. One night they take an old grumpy man's car to couple of streets away. In the middle of the night, when they are hotwiring the car, the old man's heart can't take it. Thus, their short journey now leads them to somewhere unknown. One thing leads to another, now Yılmaz and Müjdat have to put the old man's dead body into a thinner solvent tank. The duo keeps painting the cars in their shop but they realize that the thinner they take from the tank with the dead body is giving amazing results. That "a couple of streets away" now leads to something really odd.

The Garage

2022