İlker Ayrık

Born

16 October 1979 (aged 47)

Place of birth

Balıkesir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

İlker Ayrık was born on 16 October 1979 in Balıkesir. In his high school years, while thinking of becoming an engineer, he turned to theatre after a play he performed in at school. In 2003 he graduated from the Theatre Department of the Müjdat Gezen Art Center Conservatory and worked for the next six years as Müjdat Gezen's assistant.

After graduation he appeared on stage with Tiyatro Ti, Kent Oyuncuları, MSM Oyuncuları and the Müjdat Gezen Theatre; in 2005, together with Aykut Taşkın, he founded Pervasız Tiyatro. In the 2007-2009 season he appeared in Kent Oyuncuları's play Cimri.

Since 2001 he has been involved in film, series and commercial projects. The role that wide audiences know him for is Muhasebeci Servet, whom he played in the Çakallarla Dans series. In the series Seksenler, which ran on TRT 1 from 2012 to 2022, he played the character Çağatay Özdemir; he also appeared before audiences in the roles of Mürsel Koçak in Geniş Aile and Yorgo in the film Son Osmanlı: Yandım Ali. Besides acting, he has also worked as a presenter and director.

Ayrık played Kadir in Avşar Film's 2013 film Kedi Özledi.