Bugra Gulsoy is a Turkish actor, director, and screenwriter. Gulsoy was born on February 22, 1982, in Ankara where he spent his childhood and attended primary and middle school. In the year 2000, he headed to Cyprus to study architecture at the Eastern Mediterranean University. While his first stage experience was at the age of 13, Gulsoy's acting career began when he appeared in the Eugene Ionesco play, 'Exit the King', under the 'Open Theatre', in Cyprus. After graduating from school as an architect, he continued to live in Cyprus, because of his duties at the 'Cyprus National Theatre'. In the meantime, Gulsoy acted on his interests in writing and directing as he went behind the camera for his two experimental films. These films, 'Insan: Uçleme (Human: Trilogy)' - which was created out of still photographs and in which Gulsoy himself appeared- and 'Tepetaklak (Upside Down)' won multiple awards at national and international film festivals. At 2007, after studying Movie Production under the 'United Nations Development Project (UNDP)', Gulsoy's first fictional film, 'Mutlu Son (Happy End)', which he directed and starred in, got second place in the competition held by the UNDP. Bugra Gulsoy is also one of the founders of the 'Cyprus Film Association' and acts as Project Designer at the 'Cyprus International Short Film Festival'. In 2008, Gulsoy moved to Istanbul in order to shoot his first TV show which appeared on Kanal D, 'Hepimiz Birimiz Için'. After his success on the show, Gulsoy appeared in many more successful TV shows such as, 'Unutulmaz', 'Fatmagul'un Suçu Ne?', 'Kuzey Guney', 'Eski Hikaye', 'Bana Artik Hicran De', and 'Ask Yeniden'. His performances in the internationally watched TV hits; 'Fatmagul'un Suçu Ne?', and 'Kuzey Guney' brought him fame on a global level, especially in Turkey and the Middle Eastern region. Alongside his TV projects, Gulsoy stepped into the big screen and took on the role of 'Berat' In the Mahsun Kirmizigul movie, 'Gunesi Gordum'. The characters Gulsoy portrayed in his movies have always been very different from one another, as well as prominent ones. In 2011, after teaming up with director Dervis Zaim in the movie 'Golgeler vie Suretler', Gulsoy got even more recognition for his role of 'Cumali' in the 'Altin Portakal Film Festival' award winning movie 'Guzel Gunler Gorecegiz', under the direction of Hasan Tolga Pulat. Later, in 2015, Gulsoy was cast as the lead, in the TV show, 'Ask Yeniden', a romantic comedy, and with his success in it, he grabbed a lot of attention from a wide range of audiences. Following this project, Gulsoy showcased his success in comedic acting once more when he shared the lead with actor Gupse Ozay, in the high grossing hit comedy movie, 'Gorumce'. While continuing his acting career full throttle, Gulsoy got together with Serhat Teoman and Emre Erkan to form 'GET', a movie and theatre production company. Gulsoy's play about crime and criminal psychology and serial killers, 'Pragma', which he wrote and directed, gained a lot of recognition and was played sold out in the 2012-2013 season. In 2016, Gulsoy and Serhat Teoman shared the directors' seat in the 'GET' produced movie, 'Mahalle', in which Bugra Gulsoy also stars as 'Sabri'. The movie premiered in the '36th International Istanbul Film Festival'.
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Biography from IMDb.
- August 22, 1982 (44)
- Ankara, Turkey
- Actor, also writer
- 4 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
What are Bugra Gülsoy's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 0 · Dark 1
A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 1
Gentle 1 · Charged 1 · Intense 1
Steady 1 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 1
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Bugra Gülsoy's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 4 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Peacock (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Bugra Gülsoy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
25 credits, 4 with a MovieCove page.
Salty Coffee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Yaren Leylek (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Gecenin Nakaratı (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Bahar(2024)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows
Between the World and Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Misafir (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Great Seljuks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Azize (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
My Little Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
The 8th Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Stranger in My Pocket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Hot Sweet Sour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mahalle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Mutluluk Zamani(2017)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Görümce(2016)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Love Once Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Bana Artık Hicran De (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Eski Hikaye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
To Better Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
North South (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Shadows and Faces(2010)
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
What is Fatmagul's Fault? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Unutulmaz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
I Saw the Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Hepimiz Birimiz İçin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Career shape
Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 24 titles from 2008 to 2026; peak year 2018.
Biggest box office
Görümce (2016)
Highest rated
Shadows and Faces (2010)
Most popular right now
Bahar (2024)
Film career
Peak 2018 · at the high point of their film career. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2009Screen debut· I Saw the Sun
- 2017First top-billed film· Hot Sweet Sour
How do Bugra Gülsoy's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.
- 50th to 74th2
- 25th to 49th1
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser1
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 38. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Bugra Gülsoy work with?
People who share at least 2 of Bugra Gülsoy's MovieCove titles; Jingle Jungle shares the most, 2.
- Jingle JungleShared titles: Mutluluk Zamani (2017), Görümce (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Jingle Jungle