Uğur Güneş (actor)

Uğur Güneş (born 10 November 1987) is a Turkish actor. He rose to fame by playing the character Tugtekin Bey in Diriliş: Ertuğrul—for which he was awarded Actor of the Year by the Ankara Ministry of Youth. Güneş received great praise for his performance in the television series İsimsizler ("the nameless"), for which he was given the Jury Special Award at the Young Turkey Summit Academy Awards 2017. He received the Best Series Trio award for his role in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova ("once upon a time, in Çukurova") at the 24th Golden Lens Award Ceremony 2019. In 2023, he took on the lead role of the historical leader Saladin Ayyubid in Selahaddin: Kudüs'ün Fatihi ("Saladin: Conqueror of Jerusalem"); the multi-part dramatic series tells the life story of Saladin and his contemporaries and enemies, as well as the Crusades, in the 12th century.