Erdogan Atalay was born in Hannover, Germany, on September 22, 1966 to a Turkish father and a German mother.
Erdogan took up acting classes at "Hochschule fur Musik und
darstellende Kunst" in Hamburg in 1984. After guest-starring in various
TV movies and series, Erdogan landed the leading role of Detective
Superintendent "Semir Gerkhan" in the series "Alarm fur Cobra 11 - Die
Autobahnpolizei" in 1995 - this until today.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Barbara Fuckner, Webmaster of the Official Fanpage
In the Middle of July 2012 came Atalay second child a boy named Maris into the world, the mother is the makeup artist Katja Ohneck and current girlfriend.
Lives in Cologne and Berlin with his wife and
child