Şevket Çoruh

Born

30 June 1973 (aged 53)

Place of birth

Istanbul

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie and 1 series

Şevket Çoruh was born on 30 June 1973 in Istanbul. His family on his father's side emigrated to Istanbul from the Ardanuç district of Artvin, and on his mother's side goes back to Sapanca. He attended primary and middle school in Üsküdar and high school at Kartal Anatolian High School; he then received theater training at the Müjdat Gezen Art Center.

On stage since 1989, Çoruh began to become known through the kokoreç seller character in a commercial shot for an internet company. In 1997 he prepared and presented the program Şaka Yaptık with Sinem Üretmen, and staged the one-man comedy Caveman (Mağara Adamı) in Turkey. His reaching wide audiences on television came with the role of Komiser Mesut Güneri in the series Arka Sokaklar, which he played for many years from 2006. In cinema, besides the films İnşaat and Çakallarla Dans, he also drew attention with his roles in Eğreti Gelin and Usta.

In 2017 he founded the theater Baba Sahne in Kadıköy. On the opening night, the fez belonging to İsmail Dümbüllü was presented to him as a gift by Müjdat Gezen; in 2020 Rasim Öztekin handed over to Çoruh in a ceremony the kavuk, regarded as the symbol of mastery in the tuluat tradition. With Bir Baba Hamlet, which he performed at Baba Sahne, he was named best actor in the comedy/musical category at the Tiyatro Dergisi Emek ve Başarı Awards, and at the 22nd Afife Jale Theater Awards he was given the Haldun Dormen Special Award.

Çoruh played Cihan in Sonsuz and Sultan in Sultan Makamı, all Avşar Film productions.