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Barış Atay

Barış Atay

Born: 1981-09-22 • Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Barış Atay was born on September 22, 1981, in Germany. Shortly after his birth, he lived in Antakya with his family until 1999, after moving to Türkiye.

At the age of 18, in 1999, he went to Adana to attend university. He began studying Biology at Çukurova University. In his final year, he changed his mind, left, and went to Istanbul, where he passed the entrance exams for the Theatre Department at Yeditepe University, continuing his studies there. He graduated from the theatre department of this university in 2004. In 2011, he completed his master's degree in Cinema-TV at Kadir Has University.

His first feature film was Eksik and his second feature film was Aden. He continues his work in theatre and film.

Filmography
Groom's Block poster
Groom's Block
2017 • Hüseyin İçli
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney poster
Ballad of Exiles: Yılmaz Güney
2016 • Yılmaz Güney (Reenactment)
Dog poster
Dog
2015 • Mustafa
Eksik poster
Eksik
2015 • Deniz / Türker
To Better Days poster
To Better Days
2012 • Ali