Personal Info
Birth date
1983-01-16 (42 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bursa, Turkey
Also known as
Erkan Kolçakköstendil
Erkan Kolçak Köstendil
Biography
Erkan Kolcak Köstendil, is a Turkish actor, writer, director, and singer.Her uncle is actor Bülent Sakrak. Born and raised in Bursa, a large city located in northwestern Anatolia, Kostendil was considering and working towards becoming a goalkeeper until his path crossed with two seasoned actors who made such an impression on him that he decided to study theater at the prestigious Mimar Sinan University of the Fine Arts. Kostendil later went on to write, direct, and act in plays and short films. He wrote and starred in the play 'Karsi Cinsle Tanisma Sanati' and was in another play named 'Aut', for which he was chosen 'Actor of the Year'. This play also earned him a 'Young Actor Special' award. Kostendil always kept busy as he wrote and directed the first Turkish Facebook Series, 'Mukadderat'. He gained widespread industry recognition as well as many awards with his short film, 'Vakit'. Kostendil then went on to write and direct a medium-length film which was shot in Istanbul and Amsterdam. Making a successful transition into TV acting, Kostendil has appeared in numerous popular shows and has claimed his place within the acting world by capitalizing on his unique character interpretations. He first appeared on 'Kurtlar Vadisi' in 2005. Kostendil got his first big break with the 2009 production, 'Sakarya Firat' in which he played a low-ranking soldier, and portrayed the character with utmost authenticity. In the following years he appeared in a number of movies and TV shows. In 2014, he portrayed the character 'Karlos Nevizade', on the hit TV show, 'Ulan Istanbul'. This character became a phenomenon among the Turkish TV audience, and gained Kostendil huge fame and recognition all around Turkey. It was on this show that he and one of his co-stars, Sebnem Bozoklu, performed a song he had written named 'Yanarim Yanarim' in one of the episodes. This performance got millions of views on Youtube. After a couple more successful projects, Kostendil appeared in the internationally aired historical drama, 'Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem', successfully portraying 'Shahin Khan Girai', the last Khan of Crimea. His last appearance was on the TV show, 'Familya'.
Filmography
Magnificent Century: Kösem
7.7
Overview:
Tells the legendary story between the Sultan of Kosem and Ahmed I.The Pit
7.6
Overview:
When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.Merhamet
7.4
Overview:
A successful lawyer meets her lost childhood love after 13 years of deserting her poor hometown and abusive family. That encounter forces her to reconcile with her traumatic past and search for her lost family and their tragic fate.Bandits
8.8
Overview:
Kandemir is the head of a gang which conducts robberies. Their main goal is to rob fairly. What connects the members of the gang to one another is friendship. Unfortunately, everything changes after an old friend of Kandemir, Ali Rıza Kaptan’s goes to prison. Kandemir and the gang settle into an old neighborhood which seems quiet and peaceful. However, nothing is as how it seems in the neighborhood. They introduce themselves to their neighbors as the Nevizade family. Protagonists Kandemir, Ferdi, Karlos, Yaren, Bahadır and Derya have had hard times and when they gather under one roof these gang members still carry the traces of those hard times. Kandemir wishes to confront his daughter and show her that he is no longer a man of monkey business, while blood brothers Ferdi and Karlos who ran away from an orphanage still carry the misery of the streets; Yaren who came to İstanbul with the hope of being a famous singer is singing in taverns; Bahadır uses his genius for hacking computers and Derya joins the gang with her acting skills in order to save her father.Creature
7.1
Overview:
When tragedy befalls a reckless scientist in Ottoman-era Istanbul, his student uses untested methods to finish his work — with devastating consequences.The Devil's in the Details
8
Overview:
The adventures of Captain Nevzat and his assistant Ali. The series that have been adapted from Ahmet Umit's stories.What Ships I've Burnt
NYR
Overview:
In 'What Ships I've Burnt,' Yasemin and Fidan, bonded by motherhood, navigate survival amidst challenges. Fidan's past with dark Rutkay and Chief Inspector Toprak's pursuit reshape their livesVisible Man
6.7
Overview:
In a world where being invisible is the norm, fainthearted Kurtulus finds himself in the middle of an explosion that would turn him visible, which set by the villain boss Esref Serif.The Team
NYR
Overview:
This film about the story of two brothers who do not want to sell the carpet field inherited from their father tells a funny and sometimes sad dille to struggle to kill their dreams despite the difficulties and the neighborhood solidarity from time to time.Son of a Rich
5.3
Overview:
A Turkish remake of the blockbuster Russian comedy of the same name. A young man born into an oligarch family is so spoiled that he believes he's above the law. When he faces jail, his father decides to 'rehabilitate' his son. An abandoned village is reconstructed, 19th century style. The spoiled brat 'goes back in time', reincarnated as a serf, to learn how to appreciate life and to work hard.Muslum
7.2
Overview:
A biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).
Heartsong
6.8
Overview:
While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.
Sibel
6.7
Overview:
25-year-old Sibel lives with her father and sister in a secluded village in the mountains of Turkey’s Black Sea region. Sibel is a mute, but she communicates by using the ancestral whistled language of the area.
The Things You Kill
8
Overview:
Haunted by the suspicious death of his ailing mother, Ali, a university professor coerces his enigmatic gardener to execute a cold-blooded act of vengeance. As long-buried family secrets resurface, the police tighten their noose, and doubts begin eroding his conscience, Ali has no choice but to look into the abyss of his own soul.
Trick
NYR
Overview:
A writer, an actress, a musician, and a kitchen counter... A bloody night where their arts, the games they play, their lies, and their betrayals of each other and their loved ones spill onto an old mother’s carpet... A story of an “era of lovelessness” because of which you’ll want to leave the house for but won’t be able to change the channel...
Turkish Ice Cream
6
Overview:
In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.
My Father
6.7
Overview:
After his wife's sudden death, a man takes care of his son living with a disability with help from a new employee at his struggling factory.
One Night in Istanbul
4.556
Overview:
Two down on their luck Liverpool cabbies, Tommy and Gerry, strike an unusual deal with a local gangster to take their sons on a trip of a lifetime, to watch their beloved football team play in the European Cup Final in Istanbul. Hoping to use the trip as a chance to bond with their sons, big trouble awaits them in the form of a sexy hotel chambermaid, two ruthless crooks on a mission and a bag of counterfeit cash. It is 3-0 down at half time and things could not be more desperate both on and off the pitch. Stevie G and the boys in red are trying to launch the most amazing football comeback in history, and Tommy is in deep water, being held hostage. With the clock ticking and time running out, a miracle is needed fast. In the end a bit of faith, and Gerry’s lucky underpants may be the only thing that can get them and the cup back home in one piece.
Dragon Trap
5.8
Overview:
When a serial killer goes after former convicted pedophiles, it is up to Police Commissioner Abbas and his Chief Celal to stop the killings.
The Garage
3.8
Overview:
Two brothers Yılmaz and Müjdat, who have grown up in an orphanage, are inherited a car body repair shop from Nuri and İsmet who were like fathers to them. One night they take an old grumpy man's car to couple of streets away. In the middle of the night, when they are hotwiring the car, the old man's heart can't take it. Thus, their short journey now leads them to somewhere unknown. One thing leads to another, now Yılmaz and Müjdat have to put the old man's dead body into a thinner solvent tank. The duo keeps painting the cars in their shop but they realize that the thinner they take from the tank with the dead body is giving amazing results. That "a couple of streets away" now leads to something really odd.
Let's Sin
7.096
Overview:
Selman is a former boxer who once was interested in anthropology, an extraordinary imam who now works in a mosque. One day, while praying in the mosque, gunshots are echoed. One of the people inside collapses and dies. The police come to the scene and collect the first evidence and start the investigation process. He takes action after this event and decides to resolve the case through some people and circumstances he suspects. Every clue leads to an unexpected point and the events become increasingly mysterious.
Trouble on Wheels
6.406
Overview:
After the death of his wife and father, Kudret, who has always lived by the book, decides to go on a road trip to save a girl.
Bandırma Füze Kulübü
8.1
Overview:
When the calendars showed the 1950s, curiosity and interest in space had reached new heights, and many countries from Europe to Asia, led by the United States and the Soviet Union, had launched space programs and entered into fierce competition to reach beyond the unknowns of the sky. By 1957, the Soviet Union had become the first country to launch a rocket into space with Sputnik, followed by the United States as the second to make history. During these years, high school students and their friends living in Bandırma were inspired by Sputnik to pursue their dreams of space exploration. Despite lacking a space program, government support, or financial resources, they established the "Bandırma Rocket Club" with the aim of launching a rocket into space.
Put to the Things
3.8
Overview:
The already complex connections of a group of artists living in İstanbul’s Cihangir district are becoming bizarre because of a camcorder entering their lives. A narcissistic director in which all the women are in love, two roommates connected by cable, a theater scene that can turn into a morgue concurrently, a nurse who resurrects the dead people, and a drug dealer who has no arms, sometimes the right, sometimes the left, sometimes both arms; these are protagonists of the experimental narrative that Onur Ünlü plays with time and space.Acting
2025Confidante as The Boss
2025The Things You Kill as Reza
2024Son of a Rich as Sami
2024Trick as Yazar
2024Not Your Average Family as Hızır
2023What Ships I've Burnt (8 Episodes) as Toprak
2023Creature (8 Episodes) as İhsan
2022Bandırma Füze Kulübü as Necati
2022Heartsong as Piroz
2021PABLITO: The Pablo Martin Batalla Documentary as Erkan Kolçak Köstendil - himself
2020PES ARTIK as Unknown
2020Pes Artık (9 Episodes) as Ev Sahibi Oyuncu
2019Tonight with İbrahim Selim (1 Episode) as Unknown
2019Turkish Ice Cream as Cameleer Ali
2019Sibel as Ali
2018Put to the Things as Gökhan
2018Muslum as Gazino Sahibi
2018Gerçek Kesit: Manyak as Unknown
2017The Pit (131 Episodes) as Vartolu Saadettin/Salih Koçovalı
2017My Father as Deniz
2017Visible Man (10 Episodes) as Kurtuluş
2016Familya (10 Episodes) as Toprak Beyoğlu
2015Magnificent Century: Kösem (30 Episodes) as Şahin Giray
2015The Team as Unknown
2015No Way as Fikret
2015Trouble on Wheels as Güven
2014Yağmur: Kıyamet Çiçeği as Unknown
2014One Night in Istanbul as Undercover Cop
2014Bandits (39 Episodes) as Karlos Nevizade
2014Let's Sin as Superman
2013Merhamet (44 Episodes) as Mehmet Yilmaz
2012Babalar ve Evlatlar (4 Episodes) as Unknown
2010Dragon Trap as Olay Yeri İnceleme Polisi
2009Sakarya Fırat (113 Episodes) as Er Mahmut Karakum
2004The Devil's in the Details (13 Episodes) as Unknown
1969Altın Koza (1 Episode) as Self - Jury/Presenter
Directing
2024Trick ... Director
2022The Garage ... Director
2020PES ARTIK ... Director
2020Pes Artık (9 Episodes) ... Director
2017Suma ... Director
2010Vakit ... Director
Writing
2024Trick ... Writer
2020PES ARTIK ... Writer
2020Pes Artık (9 Episodes) ... Writer
2017Suma ... Writer
2010Vakit ... Writer
Creator
2020Pes Artık ... Creator