Kaan Urgancioglu is from Izmir, Turkey. He attended Private Turkish College Secondary School and American College. After graduating high school, he moved to Istanbul in 2000 and studied at the Finance Department of Marmara University. Kaan Urgancioglu is best known for playing Emir Kozcuoglu in Kara Sevda (Endless Love), one of the most successful Turkish series internationally and first Turkish series to win the International Emmy Award for "Best Telenovela", along with two other international awards. He also participated in the Netflix original series Ask 101 (Love 101). In 2021, he began starring in Yargi (Family Secrets) as state prosecutor Ilgaz Kaya. Yargi became the second Turkish series to win the International Emmy Award for "Best Telenovela". He also took part in the movie "Operation Fortune", directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Jason Statham and Hugh Grant.