Denizhan Akbaba

He started his film career at the age of 8 He has appeared in theatre film and television Few young actors have the career and experience that Denizhan has Denizhan Akbaba was born September 3 2001 in Istanbul Turkey He started performing in the theatre at the age of 12 For three years he performed in plays He underwent numerous tours as a result He played at the Dortmund Theater and that was his best performance From the crowd he received a perfect score He played in this particular theatrical play for the first time as a child actor He was in Bahman Ghobadis last film The Four Walls 2021 Roger Waters was The Four Walls 2021s producer Akbaba began attracting the attention of directors who cast him in small roles in a number of television series such as Içerde 2016 and The Magnificent Century 2011 He gained a lot of attention with the character with autism in the series A Miracle 2019 in which he played His performance in Girl with No Mouth 2019 brought him 7 Golden Sycamore Special Jury award alongside with many other awards from other organizations Growing up in and around the entertainment world it was not long before Denizhans talent was spotted and he was encouraged to try acting professionally In 2018 Denizhan scored lead feature film role in the coming of age story Girl with No Mouth 2019 Denizhan was also not one of the first names that were considered for this movie His performance during the subsequent auditions helped him land the part Additionally he claimed that playing a character without eyes is intriguing Not long after he scored the role as Selim on the critically acclaimed 2019 FOX drama A Miracle 2019 He did a great job portraying a sick autistic child The character of the autistic boy who was much discussed at the time was something Denizhan worked on with the acting coach Everyone on set was in awe of him The producers admired him Being an autistic persona and acting out crisis situations he said was quite exhausting He made two other movies in the meantime Ela with Hilmi and Ali and The Four Walls unreleased His first mediumlength movie which he cowrote and directed with his twin Emirhan Akbaba was released in 2020 Denizhan played a character in the Naked TV series who can see and communicate with people trapped in purgatory Denizhan was featured in Last Summer 2021 a Netflix film In 2022 he burst back into screens throughout the world with guest starring role in Who Were We Running From 2023 a Netflix TV Series As someone who has gone from small roles in television shows to one of the most respected actors in Turkey Denizhan has had one of the most diverse careers in cinema He broke out in Ela with Hilmi and Ali 2022 leading role as Ali the doormans son who flunked for the second time at school Denizhans role as Ali received significant critical acclaim and he was nominated for the International Istanbul Film Festival for Best Actor and the Golden Boll Award for Best Actor