Şener Kökkaya

Place of birth

Antalya

Died

20 July 2024 (aged )

On Avşar Film

appeared in 2 movies

Şener Kökkaya was born in Antalya. In 1957 he went on stage in amateur theater in Eskişehir; he left his studies at the Eskişehir Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in his second year. He acted at the Eskişehir Chamber Theatre and the Eskişehir Municipal City Theatre, appeared on stage as a guest artist with the State Theatres and in 1966 was among the founders of the Pendik Theatre.

At the Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu, which he joined a year later, he served as an actor and stage manager until 1982. In the 1970s he became widely known through the program 5 Dakika, which he presented on TRT with Savaş Yurttaş. He worked as a director at the Ankara Sanat Evi, and when he moved to Izmir in 1986 he founded the Izmir Sanat Tiyatrosu in the city. He wrote poems and play texts; he taught acting classes at the Denizli Municipality Conservatory; in later years he worked first at the Ankara Ekin Tiyatrosu and then at the Adana State Theatre.

In cinema, he played Çerçi in the film Sürü; he became known for the role of Basri in Vizontele and Vizontele Tuuba. He appeared in the films Organize İşler, Eyyvah Eyvah 2 and Eyyvah Eyvah 3. On television, he played Kahya Kalafat in the series Sakarya Fırat and Komiser Hamido in the series Kaçak. Kökkaya died in Adana on 20 July 2024.

Kökkaya played Behçet in Ay Lav Yu and Kahveci Dursun in Ulak, all Avşar Film productions.