Mirza Metin studied dance and music at the State University of Arts ITÜ and theater criticism and dramaturgy at Istanbul University. From 1994 to 1999 and 2001 to 2003, he received his theater training at the Teatre Jiyana Nu in Istanbul and was part of the acting ensemble.
From 2003 to 2008 he worked as an actor, acting teacher and later as a director at the Seyr-i Mesel Theater. In 2008, he founded the Destar Theater with Berfin Zenderlioğlu. In 2010 they opened the venue Şermola Performans.
From 2014 to 2015, he worked as artistic director for the Dil Oyunlari project, which brought together contemporary writers and directors and actors known in Istanbul, who together staged and performed four new plays.
In 2017 Mirza Metin was one of the authors of the event “Welt/Bühne – Plattform für internationale Dramatik” in Munich, his play “Hungry Dogs / Aç köpekler” was invited to the PEN World Voices: International Play Festival in New York.
Mirza Metin works for Şermola Performans as a writer, director and actor and has received awards from several institutions for his works. He worked with Frank Heuel, artistic director of the Bonn fringe ensemble, in Istanbul and in Bonn from 2016 to 2020. The pieces “Aradurak / Zwischenhalt / Rawestgeharaf” and “Erdkêşî / Anziehungskräfte” and “Ourobouros” were created. The first one was directed by Mirza Metin himself, the next two were premiered by Frank Heuel.