Biography
Serkan Keskin born November 25, 1977, İzmit, Turkish actor, director and musician.
Serkan Keskin started his acting career in Izmit, the city where he was born and raised. In 1997, he started in the theater course opened within the Izmit City Theater, which was established under the general art direction of the famous theater director Işıl Kasapoğlu. Among her The Teachers were theater actors such as Barış Falay, Zuhal Gencer and Melih Düzenli. In addition to the course training, between 1998-2001, he took large and small roles in the plays of Izmit City Theater. During her acting career at Izmit City Theater, she moved to Istanbul to further her theater education.
Between 1999 and 2002, she studied at the Academy Istanbul Theater School, where Işıl Kasapoğlu was the head of the department. After completing her theater education, she joined Semaver Kumpanya, which was founded in 2002. He worked as an actor and director in this group for many years. Throughout his acting career, Serkan Keskin has acted in films by directors such as Yavuz Turgul, Zeki Ökten, Reha Erdem, Zeki Demirkubuz and Onur Ünlü.
In the theater, he acted in the works of world theater literature such as William Shakespeare, Moliere, Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch and Abel Gonzales Melo and authors such as Orhan Kemal, Turgut Özakman, Sait Faik, Güngör Dilmen. In 2011, Keskin became more widely known with his character "İsmail Abi" in the TV series Leyla ile Mecnun, broadcast by TRT.
In 2012, the 32nd İsmail Dümbüllü Award was given to Serkan Keskin.
In March 2013, he played the bass guitar in Leyla The Band, which was formed with the Leyla and Mecnun series team.
In February 2015, he played the lead role of Fisherman Sait, the eldest of the brothers in the series Five Brothers, which started in February 2015 and was directed by Onur Ünlü.
In 2019, Taner Ölmez, Fırat İkisivri, Caner Malkoç, Cihan Tanrıverdi, Özgür Taş, Serkan Polat and Sibel Altan formed the music band Barabar and released their first album Memleket Nere.Archived May 17, 2023 at the Wayback Machine.