| Ertan Saban | |
| Nationality: | Turkish and Macedonian |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Spouse: | İnci Saban (dead.) |
| Children: | 1 |
Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter. He has dual Turkish Macedonian citizenships. He was born in Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is of Turkish descent. His family is the one of Turk minority in Balkan.[1] [2] [3] He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(Skopje) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish.[4] Also, he is multilungial. He can speak Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Albanian, Greek, English, French.
He graduated from veterinary department for high school. Then, he studied pedagogy. He graduated from the Theater Department of the State Conservatory of Macedonia. For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the Macedonian Turkish Theater together with his brother, Erman Saban, and Luran Ahmeti.[5]
Afterwards he worked in theater in France. He came to Turkey and started acting and directing in theater, series and films. His breakthrough role is "Alex" in hit historical series Elveda Rumeli about Turks in Macedonia when the Ottoman Empire collapsed. He starred in the TV series Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi, Savcının Karısı, Sağır Oda. He joined hit crime series Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu, Sakarya Fırat. He had guest roles in Sultan Makamı, Avlu, .
He portrayed as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in films "Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı" and "Balkan Is Not Dead" for twice. He portrayed as Constantine XI in "Mehmed:Bir Cihan Fatihi". He portrayed as Robert Frew in "Akif".[6] [7] [8]
He is co-writer and actor of "Limonata" directed by Ali Atay. He was starring with Ali Atay in comedy series "Mutlu Ol Yeter", "Şeref Bey" and crime series "Kılıç Günü".[9] [10]
Saban married actress Ebru Özkan on June 3, 2016. The couple have a daughter named Biricik.[11] [12] [13] [14]
| Movies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Year | Note | |
| Kako los son | 2003 | ||
| Kako ubiv svetec | 2004 | ||
| Kontakt | 2005 | ||
| The Net 2.0 | 2006 | ||
| Gölgesizler | 2008 | ||
| Başka Semtin Çocukları | 2008 | ||
| Hayde Bre | 2010 | ||
| Balkan Is Not Dead | 2012 | ||
| Benimle Oynar mısın? | 2013 | ||
| Limonata | 2015 | ||
| Çiçero | 2019 | ||
| Acı Kiraz | 2020 | ||
| The Bağcılar | 2022 | ||
| Iguana Tokyo | 2022 | ||
| Kadınlara Mahsus | 2023 | ||
| Web series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Role | Year | Note | |
| Adult Ömer | 2015-2016 | |||
| Pes Artık | Kapıcı | 2020 | ||
| Şeref Bey | Luran | 2021 | ||
| Yakamoz S-245 | Umut | 2022 | ||
| Dünya Bu | Kreatif | 2023 | ||
| Akif | 2023 | |||
| Tv series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Role | Year | Note | |
| Vo svetot na bajkite 2 | 2001 | |||
| Sedum prikazni za ljubovta i svrsuvanjeto | 2003 | |||
| Sultan Makamı | Palyaço Refik | 2003 | ||
| Azize | Levent | 2004 | ||
| Savcının Karısı | Dursun | 2005-2006 | ||
| Sağır Oda | Nogayhan Kırımlı | 2006-2007 | ||
| Elveda Rumeli | Alex | 2007–2009 | ||
| Kılıç Günü | Savaş Kızıltan | 2010 | ||
| Karakol | Komiser Reşat | 2011 | ||
| Bir Kadın Tanıdım | Umut | 2011 | ||
| Sakarya-Fırat | Teo | 2012–2013 | ||
| Görüş Günü Kadınları | Hayalet Ertan | 2013 | ||
| Hatasız Kul Olmaz | Ferit | 2015 | ||
| Mutlu Ol Yeter | Babür | 2015 | ||
| Gölge | 2015–2016 | |||
| Constantine XI | 2018 | |||
| Avlu | Oğuz | 2019 | ||
| Gel Dese Aşk | Barlas | 2020 | ||
| Son Nefesime Kadar | Vedat | 2022 | ||
| Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi | Sadi Payaslı | 2022-2023 | ||
| Kötü Kan | Kartal | 2024 | ||
[16] 10. Ertan Saban at Instagram