Selim Gürata

Born

14 March 1960 (aged 66)

Place of birth

Karabük

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Selim Gürata was born on 14 March 1960 in Karabük. He completed his high school education at Darüşşafaka High School and TED Karabük College. Between 1979 and 1982 he studied biological oceanography at Ege University; he then transferred to the Theater Department of the Ankara University Faculty of Languages and History-Geography and graduated in 1986.

In 1985 he began work as an actor at the Ankara Children's and Youth Theatre, part of the State Theatres. The artist, who has various works on traditional Turkish theater, is a member of ASSITEJ, UNIMA and TOBAV. Between 2007 and 2017 he served as artistic director and director of the Antalya State Theatre.

In cinema, he played Vumar in the film G.O.R.A., Ender's father in Bizim Büyük Çaresizliğimiz and Turan in Musallat 2: Lanet. On television, he took the roles of Yaşar Sert in Tatlı Hayat, Colonel Hüsamettin Yavuzer in Sakarya Fırat and Süreyya Aras in İnadına Aşk.

Gürata appeared in Avşar Film's 2008 series Aşk Yakar.