Barış Arduç is a Swiss-born Turkish actor. After meeting with the theater actress Ayla Algan, he started professional acting. His breakthrough came with the premiere of Kiralık Aşk. Apart from his television career, he is also featured in motion pictures. With Kiralık Aşk Arduç is a two-time award winner at the Golden Butterfly TV Awards, he had the Sadri Family Theater and Cinema Awards. From May 2016, he is also a Goodwill Ambassador for the Life Without Cancer Society of Turkey. In March 2017, he won the GQ Turkey award for "Mostly Spoken Man of the Year 2016".
Early life
Barış Arduç was born on 9 October 1987 in Scherzingen, Switzerland, as the middle child of real estate agents Gülay and Erol Arduç. He has one older brother, Onur, and one younger brother Mert. At the age of 8 he permanently moved to Turkey with his family, and went to school in Sakarya and Gölcük. Due to the 1999 İzmit earthquake which affected Gölcük, he was forced to move to Bolu with his family. After finishing his middle school and passing 1st grade of high school, his family moved to Istanbul where he continued his high school education. Arduç is of Albanian origin. After graduating from high school, he won the scholarship of Sports Academy of Kayseri's Erciyes University, but returned to Istanbul when he could not adapt to the school in the first year. Being actively involved in sports such as swimming, diving, football, basketball, handball, he joined the Turkey Underwater Sports Federation and worked as a lifeguard in Şile for 8 years. Later, he met theater actress Ayla Algan and studied acting. He then attended the theatrical training at Sadri Alışık Theater and started professional acting.
Career
2011–2014: ''Benim İçin Üzülme'', ''Bugünün Saraylısı'' and cinema movies
Arduç first got supporting roles in 2011 in the series Küçük Hanımefendi, Dinle Sevgili, and Pis Yedili. Later in 2012, he portrayed the character of Ahmet Avcıoğlu in ATV's series Benim İçin Üzülme which was written and directed by Mahsun Kırmızıgül and shot in Hopa, Artvin. Arduç's character, a young person who is a sports enthusiast and wants to play soccer in Trabzonspor, only appeared on the first episode and then in the flashbacks in the remaining episodes, but the character was so liked that after his death in the series a 10-meter banner was put on Trabzonspor's tribunes in his memory. Later in 2013, he joined the cast of Bugünün Saraylısı from its 5th episode, a series based on the work of Refik Halid Karay and directed by Kudret Sabancı. For two seasons, he portrayed the character of businessman Selim Bayraktar, who manages the assets and companies of a young girl named Ayşen Kaya, the sole survivor of a group of companies and played by Cansu Tosun. The first season of Bugünün Saraylısı finished with 31 episodes, and its second season ended after 5 episodes due to low ratings. Barış Arduç had his first cinematic debut in Hakan Yonat's 2014 movie Sadece Sen in which he played the character Emin on the last scene. In November 2014, the movie Deliha was directed by Hakan Algül, and Arduç played the role of Şirinceli Cemil, a handsome photographer.
2015–2018: ''Racon: Ailem İçin'', ''Kiralık Aşk'' and ''Mutluluk Zamani''
Arduç had his first leading role in January 2015 alongside Mehmet Aslantuğ, Hande Doğandemir, and Tomris İncer in ATV's series Racon: Ailem İçin in which he portrayed Tekin Atan, the adopted son and confidant of Mehmet Aslantuğ's character Kenan Korhan. Due to low ratings, the series finished after 4 episodes. In June 2015, Arduç was cast in a leading role opposite Elçin Sangu in Star TVRomantic Comedy series Kiralık Aşk, which was directed by Metin Balekoğlu, Barış Yöş and Şenol Sönmez and written by Meriç Acemi. Arduç, who portrayed a young and renowned successful shoe designer and business man named Ömer İplikçi, earned a great fan base in the Middle East and won many awards. Kiralık Aşk which started airing in the summer months, quickly became one of the most popular series and achieved tremendous success within social media. The series's teasers on YouTube have millions of views. Barış Arduç became the advertising face of Derimod company in 2015. The advertisement clip which showed Arduç with 6 different women in a casino, was directed by Ömer Faruk Sorak, prepared by Alametifarika, and produced by Böcek Productions. Nihat Odabaşı took the photograph for the advertisement campaign which was launched under the slogan "Derimod on my feet". The advertising campaign took its place on television, billboards, internet sites and magazines in October 2015. In November 2017, Arduç was cast in a leading role opposite Elçin Sangu in the romantic comedy movieTime of Happiness / Mutluluk Zamanı, which was directed by Şenol Sönmez.
2019–present: ''Kuzgun'' and ''Çukur''
In February 2019, Arduç was cast in a leading role in Star TV drama series Kuzgun as the titular character Kuzgun which is directed by Bahadır İnce. He portrayed the story of a man that returned for revenge after being away for 20 years. On 12 March 2020, it was confirmed that Arduç had been cast in Show TV's drama series Çukur, starring Aras Bulut İynemli. Joining the series in its 3rd season, Arduç plays the role of Arik Boke Erdenet, the younger brother of the main character's enemy.
