Berk Cankat (born 9 May 1984) is a Turkish actor and graphic designer.

Berk Cankat
Born
Ömer Berk Cankat

(1984-05-09) 9 May 1984 (age 40)
Ankara, Turkey
NationalityTurkish
Occupation(s)Actor, graphic designer
Years active2013–present

Biography

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Cankat was born on 9 May 1984 in Ankara to family of Circassian origin.[1]

He was never interested in acting in college. After graduating from university, he came to Istanbul to work as a graphic designer with his close friend. He decided to become an actor after coming to Istanbul. He studied acting at the Academy 35 Buçuk Sanat Evi and began his professional career in theater. In 2011, he starred in the plays The Seagull written by Anton Chekhov and Barut Kıvısı written by Dejan Dukovski, followed by the theater play Merhaba Efendim written by Muzaffer İzgü in 2012.[2] He also worked as an assistant to Civan Canova on the play Kızıl Ötesi Aydınlık, and to Vahide Perçin on Otobüs.

His first television experience was with Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim on Fox TV. In this series, he portrayed the character of "Savaş" which had fantastic powers and controlled minds with his gaze.[3] After making a name for himself, he joined the Medcezir' series as a guest actor and brought the character of "Cem" to life. After becoming well-known in Turkey, in summer 2014 he got a role on Star TV's series Güzel Köylü playing the character of "Cemal". Cankat shared the leading role with Gizem Karaca, Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu and Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan. However, the series ended on 17 June 2015. In November 2015, he was cast as "İskender (Alex)" on the historic series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, produced by Tims Productions for Star TV. In January 2016, Cankat won an Elle Style Awards as Actor of the Year.[4] In 2017, he was cast in a leading role on Yıldızlar Şahidim opposite Özge Gürel.[5]

Theater

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Theater
Year Play Writer
1999 Ay Işığında Samata Haldun Taner
2011 The Seagull Anton Chekhov
Barut Fıçısı Dejan Dukovski
2012 Merhaba Efendim Muzaffer İzgü

Filmography

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Television
Year Title Role Notes
2013–2014 Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim Savaş Supporting role
2014 Medcezir Cem Supporting role
2014–2015 Güzel Köylü Cemal Leading role
2015–2016 Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem Alex / İskender Main character
2017 Yıldızlar Şahidim Aras Leading role
2018 Gülizar Murat Leading role
Bir Deli Rüzgar Uğur Leading role
2022 Aslında Özgürsün Koray Leading role
2022–2023 Sıfırıncı Gün Mert Leading role
2024 Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi Kanlı Bernard Yardımcı oyuncu

References

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  1. ^ "Gülizar dizisinin yakışıklı jönü Berk Cankat kimdir, kaç yaşında?". Sözcü. 20 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ "ID İletişim". idiletisim. Archived from the original on 28 October 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  3. ^ "FOX - Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim Oyuncuları". www.fox.com.tr. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Elle Style Awards 2015 kazananları belli oldu!". Ranini.tv. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  5. ^ "Yıldızlar Altında dizisinin ismi Yıldızlar Şahidim olarak değiştirildi". Televizyongazetesi.com. 23 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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