Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ was born on October 27, 1983 in Adana. After completing primary school, he studied at Yenice Private Çağ High School in Adana for a while. Later, he moved to Istanbul with his family and completed his high school education at Istanbul Kalamış High School. Tatlıtuğ, who was fond of basketball in his childhood, played basketball in Fiskobirlik, Güney Sanayii, Çukurova Club, State Hydraulic Works and Tarsus American Club during his time in Adana. After coming to Istanbul, he continued to play in the Beşiktaş basketball team, but ended his basketball career when he was injured. Later, in 1997, after his father had a heart surgery, they moved to Istanbul completely.

She started modeling when her mother applied for an advertisement she saw in a grocery store window. He adopted this job, which he used to do only to earn money, as time passed. After continuing the work he started in 2000 in various agencies for two years, he participated in the "Best Model of Turkey" modeling competition in 2002 and won the first place. In the same year, she also participated in the Best Model of the World and came first. Later, he received offers from abroad and lived in Paris for two years.

During this period, he started to receive offers from Turkey. Tatlıtuğ decided to take a role in the TV series "Silver" and returned to Turkey. Thus, he started acting in 2005. Kivanc Tatlitug; He was invited to many film festivals such as Cairo, Abu Dhabi and Muscat, participated as "Guest of Honor" and received "Honorary Awards". Later, he became the most well-known Turkish actor in the Balkans, Turkic Republics and North Africa.

Tatlıtuğ, “Gümüş” dizisinin ardından sırasıyla, “Menekşe ile Halil” dizisinde "Halil", “Aşk-ı Memnu” dizisinde "Behlül", “Ezel” dizisinde konuk oyuncu olarak “Sekiz", “Kuzey Güney” dizisinde “Kuzey” ve "Kurt Seyit ve Şura" dizinde "Seyit" karakterini başarıyla canlandırdı. Tatlıtuğ, anlattığı çarpık ilişki nedeniyle tepkilerin odağında olan “Aşk-ı Memnu” dizisindeki Behlül rolüyle Altın Kelebek Ödüllerinde “En İyi Erkek Oyuncu” ödülünü aldı. 2007 yılında “Amerikalılar Karadenizde” filminde "Muzaffer" ve 2013 yılında “Kelebeğin Rüyası” filminde "Muzaffer Tayyip Uslu" karakterlerini oynadı.

Tatlıtuğ, Altın Kelebek TV Ödülleri, Sadri Alışık Sinema ve Tiyatro Ödülleri ile birlikte pek çok üniversiteden, eğitim ve kamu kurumlarından "En iyi Erkek Oyuncu" ödülü aldı. Son olarak 2014 SİYAD Ödülleri'nde "En İyi Erkek Oyuncu" ödülü verildi. Mavi Jeans’ın reklamlarında yer aldı. 2016 yılının ortalarında yayınlanması planlanan bir TV dizisinde rol aldıktan sonra dizi sektörünü bırakacağını ve sinema alanında oyunculuk yapmaya devam edeceğini belirtti. 

Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, şimdilerde ise 'Çarpışma' adlı dizide rol almaktadır.