İlksen Jöntürk was born on July 23, 1998, in Istanbul, Zeytinburnu, Turkey; his family roots are in Sivas. He stands at 1.91 m (6'3"). He is a Turkish actor and model. He gained popularity as the Best Model of Turkey 2019 1st Runner-up. He made his professional on-screen debut in 2024, starring as part of the main cast in "Kıyma: Orman Kanunları"—a film produced by Sıfır Bir Production under Warner Bros. Discovery—portraying a grifter with an Adana accent named Tolga.
His interest in acting began at a young age. He received his first formal training in 2008 at the Contemporary Artists Association (Çağdaş Sanatçılar Derneği "Sanad"), where he studied under State Theater artists for approximately a year and a half. Following his success in the competition, he received on-camera training from masters such as Ayla Algan and Erol Babaoğlu, as well as public speaking, effective communication, and diction lessons from theater artists Mehmet Gürhan and Müge Mertson.
