# Can Yaman

Can Yaman (born 8 November 1989) is a Turkish actor. He received a Golden Butterfly Award for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy in 2018 for his role in Erkenci Kuş as well as Murex d'Or in 2019. In 2020, he received an international PRODU2020 nomination, and in 2021, a nomination for Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy at the Golden Butterfly Awards for his role in the series Bay Yanlış. Yaman has also starred in the TV shows Gönül İşleri, İnadına Aşk, Hangimiz Sevmedik, and Dolunay. He also won the 7th GQ Man of the Year Award 2019 and several international awards for his charitable initiatives.

## Early life

Yaman was born on 8 November 1989 in Istanbul, Turkey. His paternal parents are of Albanian origin, his grandfather grew up in Pristina and his grandmother in Skopje. He is the nephew of football coach Fuat Yaman.
Yaman studied at Bilfen College for primary school, then studied at the Liceo Italiano di Istanbul, where he finished as a top student. Yaman is fluent in several languages: Turkish, Italian, French, English, German, and also speaks Spanish. In 2012, he graduated from the Law Department of Yeditepe University, and began working at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he met his current law firm partners. By the time he was 24, Yaman was working in mergers and acquisitions and writing articles for the tax section of Dünya newspaper. As he was finding success in the corporate law sector, he was also realizing that corporate life was not for him. While on summer leave from work, Yaman travelled to Bodrum where he met his eventual and current acting managers, Cüneyt Sayıl and İlker Bilgi.

## Career

He started his career in Gönül İşleri in 2014. In 2015, he starred in İnadına Aşk and starred in Hangimiz Sevmedik in 2016. The breakthrough of his career came in 2017 with the series Dolunay.
From 2018 to 2019, he played the lead role in the Turkish romantic comedy series Erkenci Kuş. He received several acting national awards and nominations including international Murex d'Or award for this series.
Υaman played the lead role in the Turkish short series Bay Yanlış. The series was produced by Gold Film, directed by Deniz Yorulmazer. It premiered on FOX in June 2020. For this series, he was nominated for Best Actor in Foreign Series at LATAM PRODU 2020 Awards.
In 2020, he became the face of the leading Turkish clothing brand TUDORS.
In December 2020, Yaman made an agreement with Luxvide, an Italian production company, for the series Sandokan. It took 4 years to write and design this international event series. In March 2021, he was a guest in the all-Italian series Che Dio ci Aiuti, portraying the character of Gino. He then wen onto play a leading role of "Francesco Demir" in the all-Italian series Viola come il mare, which first season start shooting in 2021. The first series was so successful that season 2 was shot following year and aired both on Mediaset platform and further Canale 5 drawing on average 3.6-4M total viewers per episode. This huge success lead Mediaset to immediately renew the series for its 3rd season which will start shooting in spring 2025.
In winter 2022 Can Yaman shot international series El Turco starring Greta Ferro, William Kemp, Slavko Sobin and many other well known European actors. Originally the series was shot for Disney Plus, but following issues with the Disney Plus global organisation the production company Ay Yapim bought back the rights to the series and it is expected to launch on streaming platform in 2025.
In Autumn 2025 Can Yaman will start in the TV series Sandokan, produced by Lux Vide. The series features several well known Hollywood actors and is expected to be previewed in Venice Film festival (2025 edition)
In June 2024 Can Yaman has deleted his 11 million follower Instagram account. The actor stated he wanted to focus on his acting without social media disruptions. Can Yaman opened a brand new Instagram account in March 2025.

## Filmography
### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014-2015 | Gönül İşleri | Bedir Kocadağ | Leading Role |
| 2015 | Saba ile Oyuna Geldik | Himself | Guest |
| 2015–2016 | İnadına Aşk | Yalın Aras | Leading Role |
| 2016–2017 | Hangimiz Sevmedik | Tarık Çam | Leading Role |
| 2017 | Dolunay | Ferit Aslan | Leading Role |
| 2018–2019 | Erkenci Kuş | Can Divit | Leading Role |
| 2018 | O Ses Türkiye Yılbaşı Özel | Himself | Guest |
| 2019 | Volverte a ver (29/11/2019, T03, P49) | Himself | Guest |
| 2020-2021-2022 | C'è posta per te | Himself | Guest |
| 2020 | Bay Yanlış | Özgür Atasoy | Leading Role |
| 2021 | Che Dio ci Aiuti | Gino | Guest Role |
| 2022–2025 | Viola come il mare | Francesco Demir | Leading Role |
| 2025 | Sandokan | Sandokan | Leading Role |

### Web series

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2025 | El Turco | Hasan Balaban | Leading Role | |

### Commercial

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2018 | CepteTEB | Brand ambassador |
| 2018 | DESA | Brand ambassador |
| 2020 | Pasha Fencer | Brand ambassador |
| 2020–2022 | TUDORS | Brand ambassador |
| 2021-2023 | De Cecco | Brand ambassador |
| 2022 | Mercedes-Benz | Brand ambassador |
| 2022 | Disney+ | Brand ambassador |
| 2022 | Dolce & Gabbana | Brand ambassador |

### Music video

| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
| 2013 | Gülnur Gökçe | "Porselen Düşler" | Actors | |

## Awards

Awards :
| Year | Award Name | Result | Category |
| 2017 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best Romantic Comedy Actor (Dolunay) | Nominated |
| 2017 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best TV Couple (Dolunay; shared with: Özge Gürel) | Nominated |
| 2018 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best Romantic Comedy Actor (Erkenci Kuş) | Won |
| 2018 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best TV Couple (Erkenci Kuş; shared with: Demet Özdemir) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy Series (Erkenci Kuş) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best TV Couple (Erkenci Kuş; shared with: Demet Özdemir) | Nominated |
| 2019 | Golden Star Awards | Best TV Series Actor (Erkenci Kuş) | Won |
| 2019 | Murex d'Or | Best Foreign Actor (Erkenci Kuş) | Won |
| 2019 | E!News TV | Top Leading Man (Erkenci Kuş) | Won |
| 2020 | PRODU Awards | Best Actor in Foreign Series – Talento (Bay Yanlış) | Nominated |
| 2021 | Filming Italy Best Movie Award 2021 | TV Personality of the Year 2021 | Won |
| 2021 | Golden Butterfly Awards | Best Actor in a Romantic Comedy Series (Bay Yanlis) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Monte Carlo Film Festival of Comedy | Social Responsibility Award (Charity) | Won |
| 2022 | Filming Italy Sardegna 2022 | Creativity Award (Charity) | Won |
| 2022 | Filming Italy Best Film 2022 | International Award 2022 | Won |
| 2023 | Marateale in Winter Award 2023 | International Actor With Extraordinary Expressive Power | Won |
| 2024 | Premio Kineo | Best Actor in TV Series | Nominated |