Serhat Mustafa Kılıç (born 8 July 1975) is a Turkish actor and TV-radio presenter.

Life and career

In 1994, Kılıç enrolled in

Bilkent University Bilkent University () is a private non-profit research university located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded by İhsan Doğramacı, the first president of the Council of Higher Education and the head of the prominent Doğramacı family, with th ...

School of Music and Performing Arts, Theater Department with a scholarship. He graduated with honors from this school in 1998. His first professional experience on stage was an adaptation of

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's play ''Widows'' in 1998, directed by

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, at the Ankara Art Theatre. He worked at Diyarbakır State Theatre between 1999 and 2000. In the same years, he gave acting lessons at Diyarbakır City Theatres and directed the play ''Barış Adası'' at the same institution. In 2002, he was appointed to the Erzurum State Theatre as an actor to complete his compulsory service. In 2005, he completed his master's degree at

Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory The Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory (), the first conservatory to be founded in the Republic of Turkey, was established in 1936 by a directive of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. The conservatory is part of Hacettepe University. History ...

and started teaching as a lecturer at Erzurum

Atatürk University Atatürk University () is a public land-grant research university established in 1957 in Erzurum, Turkey, in collaboration with the University of Nebraska. The university comprises 23 faculties, 18 colleges, 8 institutes, and 30 research cente ...

, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Theatre. In 2008, he resigned from his position at the State Theatres and started to continue his studies in Istanbul. Among the venues he has worked at while in Istanbul are Tiyatro Dot and BKM. During the 2009–2010 season, he joined the

Istanbul City Theatres Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre ( Turkish: ''Istanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi Şehir Tiyatroları''; Ottoman Turkish: Darülbedayi) The theater was founded in 1934 in the Ottoman Empire period (1914) as Dârülbedayi. It was a t ...

with the play ''Generalna proba samoubstiva''. It went on stage at Istanbul City Theatres for 3 seasons as a closed box office. Kılıç was nominated for the Most Successful Musical and Comedy Male Actor of the Year at the 14th Afife Theatre Awards, for his performance in this play in which he portrayed four different characters. In 2012, he founded a production company called Cats & Dogs (Soho Istanbul). In November 2014, he founded the Serhat Kılıç School, which provides lessons on acting, writing, dance and vocal training. He played the character Ergun in period comedy Seksenler for six seasons. He portrayed the character of Imam Hamdi in the movie '' Kış Uykusu'' which won

Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world. Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...

, directed by

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. With his performance in this film, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award at the 47th

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Awards. He was cast in the military series ''Söz'' which nominated

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. He portrayed as

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in film

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based from the life of first Turkish president

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and as

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in series Kuruluş: Osman based from life of

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. He was cast in hit period series

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. He joined as his Azerbaijani character in popular comedy Benim Annem Bir Melek. He was cast in youth crime series Öğretmen, an adaptation of Mr. Hiiragi's Homeroom. He was cast in hit series such as Ezel, Yol Arkadaşım, Maraşlı, Bizim Evin Halleri. His web series are in

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and Avcı. He played in detective film series "Çember". He was cast in many films Baskın Karabasan, Nokta, Robinson ve Cuma, Mavzer, Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları, Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz, Yol Arkadaşım.

Theatre

As actor

* ''Barış Adası Korsanlara Karşı'' :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 1998 - director:

* ''Widows'' :

- Ankara State Theatre - 1998 - director:

* ''

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'' :

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- Diyarbakır State Theatre - 1999 - director: Semih Sergen * ''

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'' :

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- Diyarbakır State Theatre - 1999 - director:

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* ''

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'' :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 2000 - director:

Erhan Gökgücü Erhan is a male Turkish given name of Turkic origin. with the combination of word “Er” and “Han”. It has the meaning of "Soldier King" or "Soldier Khan", with meaning "soldier" and meaning "Khan". Given name * Erhan Albayrak (born 1977 ...

* ''Azizname'' : Yücel Erten - Ankara State Theatre - 2000 - director: Yücel Erten * '' A Month in the Country :

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- Ankara State Theatre - 2002 - director:

* ''

Scapin the Schemer ''Scapin the Schemer'' () is a three-act comedy of intrigue by the French playwright Molière. The title character Scapin is similar to the archetypical Scapino character. The play was first staged on 24 May 1671 in the theatre of the Palais-Roy ...

'' :

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- Erzurum State Theatre - 2003 - director:

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* ''

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'' :

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- Erzurum State Theatre - 2003 -

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* ''

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'' :

- Erzurum State Theatre - 2004 - director:

* ''Memurin Faslı'' :

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- Erzurum State Theatre - 2004 - director: Abdullah Indır * '' The Good Doctor'' :

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- Erzurum State Theatre - 2005 - director: Emre Erçil * ''Karımla Evleniyorum'' :

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- Erzurum State Theatre - 2005 - director:

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* '' Bug'' :

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- Tiyatro Dot - 2006 - director: Murat Daltaban * ''More Plays than One'' :

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- Beşiktaş Cultural Center - 2007 - director:

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* ''Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat'' :

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- Tiyatro Dot - 2008 - director: Murat Daltaban * ''Generalna proba samoubstiva'' :

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- 2009 - director:

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* ''Terror'' -

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- Serhat Kılıç Sahne Ankara - 2018 - director: Yücel Erten * ''Tek Kişilik Şehir'' - Behiç Ak - Serhat Kılıç Sahne Ankara - 2018 - director: Serhat Nalbantoğlu * ''Gece Sempozyumu'' - Eric De Volder - 2018 - director: Mesut Arslan

As director

* ''Barış Adası'' :

- Diyarbakır City Theatre - 1999 * ''Pıtlatan Bal'' :

Aziz Nesin Aziz Nesin (; born Mehmet Nusret, 20 December 1915, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire – 6 July 1995, Izmir , Turkey) was a Turkish writer, humorist and the author of more than 100 books. Born in a time when Turks did not have official surnames, ...

- Erzurum State Theatre - 2004

Filmography

Film

* ''

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'' :

Derviş Zaim Derviş Zaim (born Derviş Zaimağaoğlu in 1964) is a Turkish Cypriot filmmaker and novelist, who has twice won the Golden Orange for Best Director for '' Elephants and Grass'' (2000) and ''Dot (2008)''; Golden Oranges for Best Film and Best S ...

- 2008 - Selim * ''

'' :

Zülfü Livaneli Ömer Zülfü Livanelioğlu (born 20 June 1946), better known as Zülfü Livaneli, is a Turkish musician, author, poet, and politician. Livaneli was imprisoned several times during the 1971 Turkish military memorandum for his political views, ...

- 2010 -

* '' Kış Uykusu'' :

- 2014 - Imam Hamdi * '' Robinson ve Cuma: Gürcan Yurt'' - 2015 - Robinson * '' Baskın Karabasan'' :

Can Evrenol Can may refer to: Language * A verb for ability * A verb for probability Containers * A container used for food preservation in canning ** Aluminum can ** Drink can ** Steel and tin cans * Trash can * Oil can * Petrol can Music * Can (band), W ...

- 2015 - Policeman * ''Yol Arkadaşım'' - 2017 - (Buğrahan) * '' Çember: Ateş Üstünde'' - 2019 - (Adem Yılmaz) * ''Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları'' - 2019 - (Selim) * ''Mavzer'' - 2020 (Veysi) * '' Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz'' : Neslihan Yeşilyurt - 2023 - Necati

Short film

*''Sonsuz''

TV series

* 2000 - ''Saksıdaki Ağaç'' (Durmuş) * 2000 - '' Bizim Evin Halleri'' (Karl Gurur) * 2006 - ''

'' (Kamil Gündüz) * 2008–2009 - ''

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'' (İlker Elmastaş) * 2009 - '' Benim Annem Bir Melek'' (İbadullah) * 2010–2011 - '' Ezel'' (Selim Uğurlu) * 2012–2016 - '' Seksenler'' (Ergun Plak) * 2017 - '' Çember'' (Commissioner Adem) * 2017–2019 - '' Söz'' (Çolak) * 2020 - '' Öğretmen'' (Taner Aslan) * 2021 - ''

'' (Nejat) * 2021 - '' Maraşlı'' (Necati Türel) * 2021–2022 - '' Kurulus: Osman'' (Mihail Koses) * 2023 - '' Tetikçinin Oğlu'' (Esat Uncular) * 2023 - '' Kirli Sepeti'' (Feyyaz) * 2025 - '' Kardelenler'' (Raci Korkmaz)

TV programs

* ''Mutluluğun Anahtarı\Küçük Şeyler'' -

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- 2000–2007 * ''Uyanık Bar'' -

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- 2009–2010 * ''Heberler'' (with

Memet Ali Alabora Memet Ali Alabora (born 25 November 1977) is a Turkish film and theatre actor. He is the son of actors Mustafa Alabora and Betül Arım. He is best known for hit crime comedy "Yılan Hikayesi". With Sanem Çelik, he played together in the h ...

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, and

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) - Turkmax - 2010–2013 * ''Paranoyak'' (TV shov) TV8 (Turkish TV channel), TV 8 - 2011 * ''İnan Bana'' - Star TV - 2013 * ''Büyük Risk'' - Show TV - 2014 * ''Görevimiz Komedi'' -

- 2016 * ''Çok Tatlı'' -

Kanal D Kanal D (English: Channel D) is a nationwide television channel in Turkey that is part of Demirören Group. It was founded by Ayhan Şahenk and Aydın Doğan in 1993. The network has also run an international channel, Euro D, since 1996, whic ...

- 2018

Radio programs

* ''Radio Night & Day'' - Ankara FM - 1992–1994 * ''Baykuş & Karga'' (with

Erdem Akakçe Erdem () is a Turkish and Mongolian masculine name that means "virtue, merit, kind, knowledge".https://tureng.com/tr/turkce-ingilizce/erdem Erdem may also refer to: Given name * Erdem Başçı (born 1966), Turkish economist * Erdem Helvacıoğlu ( ...

) - Green Radio - 1994–1997 * ''Geceden Sabaha'' (with Gaye Filiz Çele) - Ankara TRT FM - 2000–2001

Awards

*20th Sadri Alışık Theatre and Cinema Awards – Selection Committee Special Award (''Kış Uykusu'')

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kilic, Serhat 1975 births Turkish male stage actors Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Living people Male actors from Ankara Bilkent University alumni Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory alumni