Şükrü Özyıldız

Özyıldız was born in İzmir. The maternal side of his family is of Rûm descent who immigrated from Rhodes. His father is of Turkish descent from Trabzon. After completing his studies from Department of Ship Mechanics Engineering at Istanbul Technical University and studying in Istanbul for a year, he studied at Ege University and went to Portugal under the Erasmus program. Özyıldız has been interested in martial arts since he was a youngster and has participated in cage fights in Portugal. After participating in a workshop on acting, he realized he liked the experience and decided to study acting at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center.