Burak Özçivit (born 24 December 1984) is a Turkish actor and model who is best known for his roles in Çalıkuşu (2013–2014) and Kara Sevda (2015–2017). He is currently starring as Osman Bey in the history-based, adventure series Kuruluş: Osman (2019–present). Throughout his acting career Özçivit has been a recipient of numerous accolades.
Early life
Burak Özçivit was born on 24 December 1984 in Istanbul to a family originally from Gaziantep.[1][2] He was educated at Kazım İşmen High School and graduated from Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Photography.[3][4][5]
Career
In 2003, Özçivit was elected the Top Model of Turkey and began working with modeling agencies. In 2005, he was chosen the second best model of the world.[6] Özçivit's acting career began with the television seriesEksi 18 in 2006. After the iconic actor Kartal Tibet directed in series "Zoraki Koca", His breakthrough came with the character Ömer in "Zoraki Koca".[7] He later starred in series İhanet and Baba Ocağı. He appeared in the movie Musallat and as Çet/Çetin (original Chuck Bass) and starred in the television series Küçük Sırlar, the Turkish adaptation of Gossip Girl.[5][4][3] He then starred in Muhteşem Yüzyıl as Malkoçoğlu Bali Bey.
Özçivit then appeared as Kamran in the TV adaptation of Çalıkuşu opposite Fahriye Evcen. Together with Evcen, he made the movie Aşk Sana Benzer and later played in the movie Kardeşim Benim opposite Murat Boz. In 2015 he starred in Turkish drama series Kara Sevda as Kemal Soydere. The series became a hit across the world. Özçivit also owns a production company named BRK's production. As of 2019, he has been portraying the role of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, Osman Bey in the TV series Kuruluş: Osman.[8] The series has gained worldwide popularity and is very famous in south Asia, central Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.
He became engaged to Turkish actress Fahriye Evcen on 9 March 2017 in Germany, and they married in Istanbul on 29 June 2017.[11] Together the couple have two children, a boy named Karan (born 2019) and a boy named Kerem (born 2023).[12][13]
