Ertan Saban (born 4 December 1977) is an actor and screenwriter.
Early life 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.Makedonya da yaşayan etnik kökenler var. Biz Türk etnik kökenine sahibiz. (There are ethnic backgrounds living in Macedonia.We have turkish ethnic origin.) He can speak Istanbul dialect and Üsküp(Skopje) dialect which risk of getting lost in Turkish. 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.
Saban married actress Ebru Özkan on 3 June 2016. The couple have a daughter named Biricik.
Career For many years, he performed on stage in various plays at the Macedonian Turkish Theater together with his brother, Erman Saban, Filiz Ahmet and Luran Ahmeti. 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 is the 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 the crime series Kılıç Günü.
He portrayed Mustafa Kemal Atatürk in the movies Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı, Balkan Is Not Dead and in the commercial "İş Bankası" for three times. He portrayed Constantine XI in Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi. He portrayed Robert Frew in Akif.http://www.turktiyatrosu.mk/tr/turk-tiyatrosu-2000-2010/https://www.birsenaltuntas.com/dizi/ertan-saban-ve-ahmet-rifat-sungar-ataturklu-banka-reklaminda/47458/
He starred in the TV series Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi alongside Devrim Özkan and Özge Özberk. With Damla Sönmez, he played in Kötü Kan.https://www.ntv.com.tr/n-life/dizi-haber/kotu-kan-dizisinin-ilk-tanitimi-paylasildi-kotu-kan-oyunculari-kimler,ZKidfcFrBEG99lD9MlwBpg
Filmography Movies Title Year NoteKako los son 2003 Kako ubiv svetec 2004Kontakt 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 Kadınlara Mahsus 2023 Barda 22024 Bir Cumhuriyet Şarkısı2024
Web series Title Role Year Note Büyük Sürgün: Kafkasya Adult Ömer2015–2016 Pes ArtıkKapıcı2020 Şeref Bey Luran2021 Yakamoz S-245 Umut2022Dünya BuKreatif2023 AkifRobert Frew2023 Fer Şadi Ulusoy 2025 Persona Yiğit Dağlı 2025
TV series Title Role Year Note Vo svetot na bajkite 2 2001 Sedum prikazni za ljubovta i svrsuvanjeto 2003 Sultan Makamı Palyaço Refik2003 Azize Levent2004 Savcının Karısı Dursun2005–2006 Sağır Oda Nogayhan Kırımlı2006–2007 Elveda Rumeli Alex2007–2009 Kılıç Günü Savaş Kızıltan2010 Karakol Komiser Reşat2011 Bir Kadın Tanıdım Umut2011 Sakarya-Fırat Teo2012–2013 Görüş Günü KadınlarıHayalet Ertan2013 Hatasız Kul Olmaz Ferit2015 Mutlu Ol Yeter Babür2015 Kurtlar Vadisi: Pusu Gölge2015–2016 Mehmed: Bir Cihan Fatihi Constantine XI2018 Avlu Oğuz2019Gel Dese Aşk Barlas2020 Son Nefesime Kadar Vedat 2022 Gelsin Hayat Bildiği Gibi Sadi Payaslı2022–2023Kötü KanKartal Karaoğlu2024DehaKarahan Doğan2025Mehmed: Fetihler SultanıVlad the Impaler2025–2026
Short film Title Role Year NotePuppet ShowThug in Bus2000 Music video Title YearMalt - Deprem2006
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