Barış Alpaykut

Barış Alpaykut, full name Metin Barış Alpaykut, was born on July 20, 1987, in Istanbul, Turkey. He graduated from Istanbul University's Theater Department in 2009. He began his acting career with commercials and landed his first professional role in the series "Bir Zamanlar Osmanlı" (Once Upon a Time, Ottoman, 2011-2012). He gained widespread popularity for his roles in "Sakarya Fırat" (2011-2012) as Lieutenant Uğur Kutlu, "Medcezir" (Tide, 2013-2014) as Uzay, "Kurt Seyit ve Şura" (2014) as Osman, and "Kara Sevda" (Black Love, 2015-2016) as Ozan Sezin. The actor is passionate about Japanese martial arts. He studied samurai arts for 15 years, earned his samurai qualification, and is one of the few foreign students of a 600-year-old samurai school in Japan. This passion, along with career opportunities, led him to move to Japan, where he currently resides. He also enjoys sports, travel, and photography. He is married to Nours al-Fadlawi.