Yavuz Baran Önkol was born in Istanbul, Turkey on December 5, 1998. On stage, he is best known for portraying Edward Teach/Blackbeard in Teach and an anthology of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk's life, titled 09:05. He is the youngest of three siblings, including a brother and a sister. His brother is an entrepreneur, and his sister is an actress and vocalist. His mother is an English teacher, and his father is a business person who used to be a stage actor, political activist, and photographer.