İnanır was born 15 April 1949 in Fatsa, a town in Ordu province of Turkey. He acted in forty-three films since 1967 and appeared on television in "Bütün Çocuklarım" as Ali Yahya Kiroglu in 2004. In the Turkish movie industry (Yeşilçam) he has often portreyed the tough, macho guy, fighting against injustice.