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

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Biography

Cankat was born on 9 May 1984 in

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to family of Circassian origin. He was never interested in acting in college. After graduating from university, he came to

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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 ''

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'' written by

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and ''Barut Kıvısı'' written by Dejan Dukovski, followed by the theater play ''Merhaba Efendim'' written by Muzaffer İzgü in 2012. He also worked as an assistant to Civan Canova on the play ''Kızıl Ötesi Aydınlık'', and to

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on ''Otobüs''. His first television experience was with ''Sana Bir Sır Vereceğim'' on

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. In this series, he portrayed the character of "Savaş" which had fantastic powers and controlled minds with his gaze. After making a name for himself, he joined the ''

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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

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, Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu and

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. 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 ''

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'' Style Awards as Actor of the Year. In 2017, he was cast in a leading role on ''Yıldızlar Şahidim'' opposite Özge Gürel.

Theater

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cankat, Berk 1984 births Living people Turkish male television actors Turkish male stage actors Turkish graphic designers Male actors from Ankara Turkish people of Circassian descent 21st-century Turkish male actors