Ayhan Taş

Born

25 June 1971 (aged 55)

Place of birth

Adana

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ayhan Taş was born on 25 June 1971 in Adana and completed his primary and secondary education in that city. Before turning to theater, between 1993 and 1995 he ran a poetry group and prepared and presented radio programs in Edirne. In 1997, in the Arayış Tiyatro Topluluğu, he both acted in and directed Melih Cevdet Anday's play İçerdekiler; the following year he entered the Theater Department of the Ankara University DTCF.

In 2001, together with friends from the department, he founded a theater group called Mahşer-i Cümbüş. The group, which later moved to Istanbul, introduced theatersports to Turkey. Taş was part of the team that brought improvisational theater to television with the program Anında Görüntü Show, aired on FOX.

The character of the coach Münir in the series İşler Güçler increased his recognition; his name reached wider audiences when he played the car mechanic Sezai in Kardeş Payı. In cinema, he took the roles of Cabbar in Yusuf Yusuf, Barber Cemil in Çarşı Pazar and Saim in Kardeşim Benim 2; he also acted in the films Düğün Dernek 2: Sünnet and Bir Baba Hindu. His later television work includes the series Mükemmel Eşleşme and Kod Adı: Kırlangıç.

Taş appeared in Avşar Film's 2017 film Seni Gidi Seni.