Erkan Bektaş

Born

11 March 1972 (aged 54)

Place of birth

Ankara

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Erkan Bektaş was born on 11 March 1972 in Ankara. After completing his primary and secondary education in the same city, he graduated from the acting department of the Faculty of Language and History-Geography at Ankara University.

During his stage career he served with numerous companies, notably Stüdyo Oyuncuları, Oyun Atölyesi, Tiyatro Tempo and the Ercan Yazgan-Bülent Kayabaş Theater. In 2010 he founded his own company, Tiyatro Baykuş, where he appeared in Plinio Marcos's play Gece O Kadar Kirliydi Ki İkisi De Kayboldular. Besides acting, he also works as a voice-over artist and voice-over director.

On television he became known through the roles of Yavuz Moran in Aşk ve Ceza, Ateş in Eşkıya Dünyaya Hükümdar Olmaz and Abdülkadir Keskin in Bir Zamanlar Çukurova. He portrayed Cevher Yanıkdağ in the series Teşkilat and was also in the cast of Safir. In the episode in which he guested on Muhteşem Yüzyıl, he played Kalender Çelebi and voiced the verse Pirlere Niyaz Ederiz in his own voice.

Bektaş played Salih in Avşar Film's 2005 series Ihlamurlar Altında.