Ali Atay

Ali Atay

Born: April 20, 1976
in Rize, Türkiye
Dursun Ali Atay (born 20 April 1976) is a Turkish actor, musician and director. He graduated theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known for as Mecnun in hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. He has appeared in more than fifteen films and theatre plays since 1999. In June 2014, the shooting of his new movie, Limonata, began. The movie marked his first experience as a director and scenarist, and actors such as Serkan Keskin and Ertan Saban were cast as the leading roles in it. Atay later got a major role on ATV's Mutlu Ol Yeter, alongside Aslı Enver, Öner Erkan and Ertan Saban.

In 2017, he appeared portrayed the character of Commissioner Yusuf on BluTV's first online Turkish series Masum. He shared the leading role with Haluk Bilginer, Nur Sürer and Okan Yalabık. He later appeared as Ali Astubay on Turkey's entry for the 90th Academy Awards, Ayla. He directed the action-comedy movie Ölümlü Dünya, which was released in 2018. Atay then got a role in the movie Turkish'i Dondurma, which is inspired by a true story.

Movies for Ali Atay...

One Way
Title: One Way
Released: October 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Osman was assigned to finish a blood feud by his family. As he hits the road, he spots a snail on the windshield and avoids using the wipers even when it's raining. On the way he picks up hitchhikers who end up guiding him to find his own way in life. Bartu and Günes are two youths who are trying to live in nature. Another hitchhiker Esin has quit her job as a singer at the nightclub because her boss wanted her to work as a hostess. She is the only person that Osman confesses his current task of murder. Muzo is the last hitchhiker Osman picks up and he is carrying a bag full of drugs. When the police stop them, Osman finds a way to live his life with a clear conscience.
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Title: Last Summer
Character: Savcı Selim Kara
Released: January 1, 2021
Type: TV
Idealist Public Prosecutor Selim Kara receives an offer he cannot refuse from the organized crime leader Selçuk Taşkın, whom he sent to prison 8 years ago. Selçuk Taşkın wants to testify in one of Prosecutor Selim's cases and his testimony will destroy the whole criminal organization. However, there is only one condition for this; the personal protection of his son, Akgün Gökalp Taşkın.
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Noah Land
Title: Noah Land
Character: Ömer
Released: September 29, 2019
Type: Movie
Suffering through a mid-life crisis, Omer has to face the angry villagers in order to realize his estranged father's dying wish to be buried under the enshrined Noah Tree which his father claims to have planted half a century ago.
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Turkish Ice Cream
Title: Turkish Ice Cream
Character: Ice Cream Man Mehmet
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: Movie
In 1915, two Turks in Australia make a living by selling ice cream. When they hear war has broken out, they decide to go to Çanakkale. Authorities don't let them leave the island, so the two decide to put up a fight in Australia.
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Ayla: The Daughter of War
Title: Ayla: The Daughter of War
Character: Ali
Released: October 27, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1950, amidst the ravages of the Korean War, Sergeant Süleyman stumbles upon a a half-frozen little girl, with no parents and no help in sight and he risks his own life to save her, smuggling her into his army base and out of harm’s way.
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Title: Innocent
Character: Yusuf
Released: January 27, 2017
Type: TV
In a peaceful, rustic town, a retired officer and his family are mired in a murder mystery riddled with shocking, buried secrets.
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Title: Just Be Happy
Character: Can
Released: April 12, 2015
Type: TV
It's story of an unknown town named "station" in Istanbul including love, neighborhood.
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Thou Gild'st the Even
Title: Thou Gild'st the Even
Character: Cemal
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
In a small town in Anatolia, whose inhabitants possess various supernatural powers but still have to deal with ordinary problems, Cemal helps out in his father’s barbershop and, in his free time, acts as a football referee.
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Title: Ben de Özledim
Character: Ali Atay
Released: October 25, 2013
Type: TV
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Title: Leyla and Mecnun
Character: Mecnun Çınar
Released: February 9, 2011
Type: TV
Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.
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Vay Arkadaş
Title: Vay Arkadaş
Character: Manik
Released: November 5, 2010
Type: Movie
One of the three friends living in the slums of Istanbul Manik, Tik and Dildo's, many ordinary overflow out of the neighborhood, but the excitement continued in a lively way in themselves, the stories of adventure full of life and laughter.
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Title: Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Policeman
Character: Mecnun Çınar
Released: September 19, 2010
Type: TV
Centered around a personally troubled, officially discredited police chief and his inharmonious police team in Ankara Police Force. Even though the show usually focuses on murders and other crimes that happens on a weekly basis, the undertone of the story leads to an eventual duel between Behzat Ç. and the rotten department officials and bureaucrats.
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Title: Kılıç Günü
Character: Cenk Kızıltan
Released: September 17, 2010
Type: TV
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Title: Gönül Ferman Dinlemiyor
Character: Murat
Released: April 4, 2010
Type: TV
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40
Title: 40
Character: Metin
Released: September 1, 2009
Type: Movie
A bag full of money lands in front of you. Is it luck? The answer to your prayers? Part of a predetermined plan? Or all of the above? Set in the chaotic streets of Istanbul, 40 is a story of three strangers making their way in a city of 12 million, all searching...for one bag. Shot entirely on location, '40' combines intense story telling with documentary style cinematography embarking on a synchronistic journey dealing with faith, love, luck, destiny, human trafficking...and a bag of cash that falls from the sky.
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Title: Yapma Diyorum
Character: Aşık Mağlubi
Released: April 10, 2009
Type: TV
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Happy New Year London
Title: Happy New Year London
Character: Firuz
Released: December 28, 2007
Type: Movie
What if the unexpected becomes your faith? Would you lay claim to it and stay or would you run away? International Performer Yasar Nur has arrived in London the night before her concert and a few days away from the New Year. A formidable destination for Yasar, and one that will resurface a history best left forgotten, on a night that can change it all. Pain, responsibility, decision and courage get Yasar through the night in her hotel room where communication becomes hope for everyone involved. What will happen when an old friend is forced to give Yasar a great responsibility she may be unable to handle, or when a disturbed and powerful fan decides to change his life by meeting his obsession face to face, or when a disheartened husband makes a drastic decision to end his pain and set his wife free? The actions of one young man will bring these characters together and force them to communicate firstly with themselves, and then with each other, and only some will survive
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Title: Esref saati
Character: Sebati
Released: October 16, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Hayat Kavgam
Character: Veysel
Released: March 19, 2007
Type: TV
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Title: Cemile
Released: March 29, 2006
Type: TV
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Title: Çeşm-i Bülbül
Character: Veli
Released: January 19, 2006
Type: TV
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He's Convict Now
Title: He's Convict Now
Character: Yiğit Çiftgör
Released: April 14, 2005
Type: Movie
Sequel of He's in Army Now. The film has received four awards at the Antalya Golden Orange.
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Title: Çınaraltı
Character: Serhan
Released: November 21, 2004
Type: TV
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Title: Şapkadan Babam Çıktı
Character: Maksut
Released: September 16, 2002
Type: TV
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Title: Aşkım Aşkım
Released: October 8, 2001
Type: TV
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Title: Yedi Numara
Released: August 12, 2000
Type: TV
A couple with no kids, four city girls and three country boys, all under the same roof: arguing, fighting and sometimes understanding they are not that much different.
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Artık Çok Geç
Title: Artık Çok Geç
Character: Kemal
Released: July 5, 2000
Type: Movie
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Title: Second Spring
Character: Ersin
Released: October 29, 1998
Type: TV
Second Spring was a television series in Turkey broadcast between 1998-2001 by ATV. First 8 epidodes appeared between 29 October 1998-20 May 1999. The next 15 epidodes were between 17 February-25 May 2000 and the last 14 episodes were between 21 September 2000-11 January 2001. There were also reruns; in 2007 by Fox TV and in 2011-2012 by Star TV.