Erkan Can was born in 1958 in Bursa, Turkey. He started his drama career in 1975 by taking drama classes at Bursa State Theatre. In 1985 he began studying at the Istanbul Municipality Conservatuary Drama Department, and graduated in 1990. His feature film debut, On Board, earned him three Best Actor Awards—from the Antalya Film Festival, The Ankara Film Festival and the Orhan Ariburnu Awards. His other films include, Offside, Visontele, Toss Up, Listen to Istanbul, In Prison Now, Destiny and Fatih Akin’s Edge of Heaven.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
