Kenan Çoban

Abdülhey Kenan Çoban was born on 22 January 1975 in the Palu district of Elazığ Province, Turkey. He completed his schooling in Elazığ, attending the Elazığ Trade and Vocational High School, and later ran sports businesses in Antalya and Ankara. He has no formal acting training. He first entered the set of Kurtlar Vadisi as a production worker. From 2003 he has played Abdülhey Çoban throughout the franchise: the series Kurtlar Vadisi (2003–2005), the film Kurtlar Vadisi: Irak (2006), the series Kurtlar Vadisi Terör (2007), Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu (2007–2014) and the film Kurtlar Vadisi: Filistin (2011). The role brought him wide popularity. He also appeared in the series Ayrılık (2007, as Kerem) and the film Kaçak (2014). In 2014 he played Zülfü in Beyaz Karanfil as one of the lead actors. From 2015 to 2020 he played Fahri in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz, then appeared in Balkaymak (2018) and in 2024 played Malkoçoğlu Bâlî Bey in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı. He enjoys athletics, football, taekwondo and horse riding, and names Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise and Al Pacino as his favourite foreign actors. He is a devoted Trabzonspor fan. In the Ömerli İshaklı area of Istanbul he set up a nursery called Garden Consept, where he grows ornamental trees and flowers and serves dishes made with organic produce. In June 2011 in Denizli he married Dilek Özkan; the marriage ended after seven months. He married Helin Nazlı Çoban on 15 October 2017.