EMRE ORUN
Born in 1989 Emre Orun, was raised in Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. Emre is very active in extra curricular activities such as mixed martial arts and a talented hand in drawing. His martial arts career started in 2009 as a kickboxer and became an mma fighter after a few years. Through his hard work and determination, Emre has had championships, 1st and 2nd places, trophies, and many victories in his fighter career internationally.
He has been running his own business as a certified trainer / self-defense Instructor helping others reach their fitness and martial arts goals since 2018.
His first foray into acting took place in 2006. He received work as an extra in a few TV Series in Turkey. These experiences made him realize that being a background actor is very important in films but his goal was becoming a successful actor, leading roles in films and series.
Aside from acting, receiving an education was also on his priority list. His desire to complete his education and earn his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration kept him away from his love for acting for a few years. Post graduation, him and his family started their journey to seek new opportunities in the United States of America in the fall of 2010.
Emre's love for the arts brought him back full circle and he has been acting ever since . His most important ambition is to be successful in the acting society. Through his hard work and dedication, he wants to establish himself in this career. He has been taking acting training and continues to improve his skills and craft.
He has participated Feature Films, Short Films, Festival Films as Lead and Supporting Roles, Principle Roles in many Commercials, Lead Role in a Music Video, and he also had many Print and Runway Modeling experiences.
He loves writing stories and get behind the camera experiences also and he got to direct three award winning short films "Help" , "Leaving Behind" and "Battle" that he wrote, produced and starred in. These films received awards in different categories from film festivals around the world.
Throughout the years his martial arts and self-defense training experiences helped him on action scenes, doing his own stunts, choreograph fight scenes for film productions and helping other actors.
He enjoys long drives and travels very often. Currently living in Jacksonville, FL.
He is very open minded and looks forward to meeting more people from around the world as he continues his life journey.
