Ali Atay


Dursun Ali Atay is a Turkish actor, musician, screenwriter and director. He graduated theatre department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. He is best known for his role as Mecnun in the hit surreal comedy series Leyla ile Mecnun. He is the recipient of Tribeca Best Actor Award. 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.

Filmography

Director

Television

YearSeriesRole
1998–2001İkinci BaharErsin
2000Yedi NumaraKonuk Oyuncu
2003Şapkadan Babam ÇıktıMaksut
2004ÇınaraltıSerhan
2004Çeşm-i BülbülVeli
2006CemileDemir
2008Eşref SaatiSebati
2009Yapma DiyorumAşık Mağlubi
2010Kılıç GünüCenk Kızıltan
2011–2013Leyla and MecnunMecnun Çınar
2013–2014Ben de ÖzledimAli Atay
2015Mutlu Ol YeterCan
2017MasumYusuf

Songs