Emre Altuğ


Niyazi Emre Altuğ 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" 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 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 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

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
1998İbret-i AlemTopkapı Müzik/Prestij MüzikA Lesson To Everyone
2003SıcakDSM/Raks Müzik/Prestij MüzikHot
2004Dudak DudağaDSMLips To Lips, Sales: 115,000
2005Sensiz OlmuyorDMCCan't Do Without You
2007Kişiye ÖzelDMCPersonal
2011ZilDSMBell
2017Yıldırım Gürses ŞarkılarıPoll ProductionYıldırım Gürses Songs

EPs

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2010Emre Altuğ'danDSMFrom Emre Altuğ
2013Hangimiz TertemizDSMWhich One of Us is Immaculate?
2016ÇıtaPoll ProductionCheetah
2022Aşk İçin Emre AltuğFor Love
2022Dans İçin Emre AltuğFor Dance

Singles

YearTitleLabelEnglish title
2011Bu Son Olsun Dokuz Sekiz MüzikIt'd Better be the Last Time
2012Resimdeki GözyaşlarıDokuz Sekiz MüzikTears in the Picture
2016Bu Kadar Mı this much
2018Zalim Sultan Emre Grafson MüzikCruel King
2020Zahmet Olmazsa Poll ProductionIf You Don't Mind
2021Etme EylemeAvrupa MüzikDon't Take Action
2022Bal GibiEmre AltuğPure and Simple
2022Avut BeniEmre AltuğConsole Me
2023Sevenler AyrılmazDMCLovers Are Inseparable
2023Yanabilir Her ŞeyiDMCEverything Can Burn
2023Seni Sevmek İçin Ölmek Mi LazımDMCDo I Have to Die to Love You?
2024Ne AlaDMCHow Fantastic
2024TatildeyimDMCI'm on Holiday
2024Aşk BenceDMCLove, in My Opinion

Filmography

Television series

  • 2001: Tatlı Hayat : Başar Yıldırım
  • 2003: Lise Defteri : Genc
  • 2005: Sensiz olmuyor : Arda
  • 2006: Hasret : Poyraz
  • 2006: Gülpare: Aslan
  • 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 : Metin
  • 2000: Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür : İzzet
  • 2000: Halk Çocuğu: Ayhan Alpaylıoğulları
  • 2002: Kolay Para: Eray
  • 2004: Neredesin Firuze : singer
  • 2005: Balans ve Manevra : 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''