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Emre Altuğ
Altuğ in 2012
Background information
Birth name	Niyazi Emre Altuğ
Born	(1970-04-14) 14 April 1970 (age 54) Levent, Istanbul, Turkey
Genres	Pop, rock, dance-pop
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter actor performer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Topkapı Prestij Müyada Raks DSM DMC Dokuz Sekiz Poll Avrupa
Website	Official website

Niyazi Emre Altuğ (born 14 April 1970) is a Turkish actor and singer.

Biography

Emre Altug was born in Levent, Beşiktaş, Istanbul as the second son to a housewife mother and dentist father. His family is of Niğde origin. He graduated from theatre department of Istanbul University State Conservatory. He is best known for films, theatre sketches "Güldür Güldür" (as different roles) and series "Tatlı Hayat" Turkish remake of The Jeffersons, youth series "Lise Defteri", "Elde Var Hayat", fantasy child series "Sihirli Annem".

He acted on stage in various plays and sang backing vocals to such established artists like Sezen Aksu, Sertab Erener, Levent Yüksel and Nilüfer, before his first album, titled İbreti Alem was released on 28 August 1998. In July 2000 he sang a song called Bir de bana sor for Melih Kibar 's album entitled Yadigar. The song became a huge hit with radio stations. His second album, Sıcak was released on 3 March 2003. In the meantime he appeared in commercials, television films and feature films, like Kolay Para. His third album, Dudak Dudağa came out in 2004, followed by Sensiz Olmuyor a year later. The song, which the album was named after, became the theme song of a television series that was given the same title (Sensiz Olmuyor) and in which Emre played the leading character. The series was aired on Show TV. On 12 June 2007 he released another album, Kişiye Özel. Emre Altuğ was planning to release an English album, for which he traveled to the US and wanted to start working with Mark Feist and Damon Sharpe (who have worked with such artists like Anastacia or Jennifer Lopez and are the producers and co-writers of the charity song Come Together Now), who found Emre's voice outstanding and started to work on four songs with him.

He married the Turkish model Çağla Şıkel in August 2008, with whom he has two sons. The couple divorced in 2015.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Singles

Filmography

Television series

• 2001: Tatlı Hayat (Sweet Life): Başar Yıldırım
• 2003: Lise Defteri (High School Book): Genc
• 2005: Sensiz olmuyor (Won't work without you): Arda
• 2006: Hasret (Yearning): Poyraz (mini-series)
• 2006: Gülpare: Aslan (mini-series)
• 2008: Mert ile Gert: Mert
• 2010: Elde Var Hayat: Kenan Dağaşan
• 2014: Otel Divane: Fikri Divane
• 2019: Güldür Güldür Show: Kazım
• 2021: Sihirli Annem: Sadık
• 2021: Kırmızı Oda: Dr. Barlas Zalimoğlu
• 2022 : Yalı Çapkını: Orhan Korhan

Feature films

• 1999: Asansör (Elevator): Metin
• 2000: Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür (Trees die at their roots): İzzet
• 2000: Halk Çocuğu: Ayhan Alpaylıoğulları
• 2002: Kolay Para: Eray
• 2004: Neredesin Firuze (Where are you, Firuze?): singer
• 2005: Balans ve Manevra (Balance and Manoeuvre): guest appearance
• 2006: Asterix Vikinglere Karşı
• 2006: Eve Giden Yol: 1914: Halit
• 2007: Bratz
• 2010: Sizi Seviyorum: Erkut
• 2018: Sevgili Komşum: Ragip
• 2019: Geniş Aile Komşu Kızı

References

1. "Emre Altuğ kimdir?". 30 March 2016.
2. "Emre Altuğ | Biyografi". emrealtug.com.tr. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016.
3. Sensiz OLmuyor Cast List at Show TV Archived 30 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine
4. "A&R, Record Label / Company, Music Publishing, Artist Manager and Music Industry Directory". www.hitquarters.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
5. Emre gelecek ay Amerika'ya açılıyor (Emre is opening towards the USA next month) 22 December 2006. Sabah Newspaper. (in Turkish)
6. "Çağla Şikel ile Emre Altuğ resmen boşandı". 14 January 2015.
7. Album details at Topkapi Müzik Official site
8. ^ Dokuz Sekiz Müzik Official Website
9. "MÜYAP Turkish Album Sales 2004". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2007.
10. ^ DMC Müzik Official site Archived 13 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine

Sources

• Biyografi.org (in Turkish)

External links

• Sinematürk Data Sheet (in Turkish)
• Emre Altug interview in Hürriyet (in Turkish)

• 1969 births
• Living people
• People from Beşiktaş
• Turkish male film actors
• Turkish pop singers
• Singers from Istanbul
• Turkish male television actors
• 21st-century Turkish singers
• Turkish lyricists
• Turkish guitarists