Cansel Elçin

Cansel Elçin was born on September 20, 1973, in Izmir, Turkey. At the age of 9, he moved with his family to France, where he studied at Lycée Racine and pursued economics and social sciences. He later graduated from the prestigious acting school Ecole Florent in Paris, where he studied alongside Audrey Tautou. He also attended workshops in New York. He speaks Turkish, French, and English fluently and holds French citizenship. He began his television career in France and gained recognition in Turkey for his roles in the series "Kırık Kanatlar" (Broken Wings, 2006) and "Hatırla Sevgili" (Remember, My Love, 2006-2008), where he played Ahmet. Among his other works are the series "Gönülçelen" (The Enchantress, 2010), "Yalancı Bahar" (Lying Spring, 2011), "Kötü Yol" (The Wrong Path, 2012), "Eve Dönüş" (Return Home, 2015), "Sol Yanım" (My Left Side, 2020), "Yasak Elma" (Forbidden Apple, 2022), as well as the films "Küçük Kıyamet" (Little Apocalypse, 2006), "120" (2008), "Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar" (Barefoot on Campus, 2009), "Aşk Tesadüfleri Sever" (Love Loves Coincidences, 2011), and "Doğulu" (The Easterner, 2025). In 2009, he directed and wrote his first feature film, "Kampüste Çıplak Ayaklar" (Barefoot on Campus). He was married to Pınar Apaydın from 2012 to 2017. Since 2020, he has been married to actress Zeynep Tuğçe Bayat, and the couple has a son, Atlas (born in 2025).