Tuğrul Tülek

In 1999, he graduated from the Department of English Language Teaching at Uludağ University. In the same year, he started working as an actor at the Bursa Culture, Art, and Tourism Foundation Theater. In 2002, after passing the conservatory exam, he began his second undergraduate education at the Theater Department of Anadolu University, graduating in 2006. During this period, he also studied as an exchange student in Warsaw, Poland, at the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art. In 2007–2008, he played the character "Naz" in Theater DOT's play Mercury Fur (Kürklü Merkür). This role earned him a nomination for "Best Supporting Actor" at the 12th Afife Theater Awards. In the same year, along with the entire cast of Mercury Fur, he shared the "Efes Pilsen Youth Special Award" at the Sadri Alışık Theater and Cinema Actor Awards. In 2015, he won the "Best Actor" award at the 19th Afife Theater Awards for his role in the play Midsummer (İki Kişilik Yaz), and in the same year, he was chosen as the "Actor of the Year" by the Theater Critics Association (TEB).