Emre Altuğ

Biography

Niyazi Emre Altuğ (born 14 April 1970) is a Turkish actor and singer.

Biography

Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. His family is of Niğde origin. He graduated from theatre department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. He is best known for films, theatre sketches "Güldür Güldür" (as different roles) and series "Tatlı Hayat" Turkish remake of The Jeffersons, youth series "Lise Defteri", "Elde Var Hayat", fantasy child series "Sihirli Annem".
He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel and Nilüfer, before his first album, titled İbreti Alem was released on 28 August 1998. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak×Sıcak2003 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Gel Gel3:432Gidecek Yerim mi Var4:313Fani Dünya (Rüya)3:554Sensiz3:065Dur3:176Yalan3:377Tek Kadın5:038Zalim Zaman3:209Oynama3:1610Sıcak3:13 was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para. His third album, Dudak Dudağa×Dudak Dudağa15 June 2004 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Bu Kadar mı3:202Zalim Kuş3:343Su Gibisin3:264Gözunaydın Yar4:325Beni mi Buldun5:046Kal5:267Dudak Dudağa4:028Aşk-ı Kıyamet4:329Ayrılık Majör3:2810Türk Filmi4:2811Aşk Çiçeğim (Aman)4:1212Beni mi Buldun (remix)4:27 came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor×Sensiz Olmuyor22 November 2005 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 8 tracks1Ağlayamıyorum4:372Sensiz Olmuyor (acoustic)5:033İbret-i Alem (acoustic)5:124Erkekler de Yanar (remix)4:055Sensiz Olmuyor (70's)4:356Erkekler de Yanar3:437İbret-i Alem (80's)4:518Bir Damla Gözyaşı5:35 a year later. The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel. Emre Altuğ was planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the US and wanted to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and started to work on four songs with him.
He married the Turkish model Çağla Şıkel in August 2008, with whom he has two sons. The couple divorced in 2015.

Television series

2001: Tatlı Hayat (Sweet Life): Başar Yıldırım
2003: Lise Defteri (High School Book): Genc
2005: Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you): Arda
2006: Hasret (Yearning): Poyraz (mini-series)
2006: Gülpare: Aslan (mini-series)
2008: Mert ile Gert: Mert
2010: Elde Var Hayat: Kenan Dağaşan
2014: Otel Divane: Fikri Divane
2019: Güldür Güldür Show: Kazım
2021: Sihirli Annem: Sadık
2021: Kırmızı Oda: Dr. Barlas Zalimoğlu
2022 : Yalı Çapkını: Orhan Korhan

Feature films

1999: Asansör (Elevator): Metin
2000: Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür (Trees die at their roots): İzzet
2000: Halk Çocuğu: Ayhan Alpaylıoğulları
2002: Kolay Para: Eray
2004: Neredesin Firuze (Where are you, Firuze?): singer
2005: Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Manoeuvre): guest appearance
2006: Asterix Vikinglere Karşı
2006: Eve Giden Yol: 1914: Halit
2007: Bratz
2010: Sizi Seviyorum: Erkut
2018: Sevgili Komşum: Ragip
2019: Geniş Aile Komşu Kızı