Kenan Işık
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Kenan Işık is a Turkish
actor and host.
officer, he always been interested in theater starting from shows in primary school although there was no one in his family interested in any sort of art. He read poems, took the lead in the plays. He started his amateur theater career in People's House of Malatya while he was in secondary school. While studying high school in Ankara
, he started acting in Meydan Sahnesi. He became a professional actor in the age of 17. He graduated from Department of Public Administration of the Gazi University
. In 1972, he became an artist of one of the Turkish State Theatres
. He wrote dozens of plays, and put these onto stage. He has over 30 awards as an actor, writer, director and voice actor. He was general art director in City Theaters. As the host of the Turkish version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
game show, called Kim beşyüz bin ister?
, he became known by wider audience.
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
actor and host.
Biography
Son of a retired Turkish State RailwaysTurkish State Railways
The State Railways of the Turkish Republic or TCDD is the government owned, national railway carrier in the Republic of Turkey, headquartered in Ankara...
officer, he always been interested in theater starting from shows in primary school although there was no one in his family interested in any sort of art. He read poems, took the lead in the plays. He started his amateur theater career in People's House of Malatya while he was in secondary school. While studying high school in Ankara
Ankara
Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....
, he started acting in Meydan Sahnesi. He became a professional actor in the age of 17. He graduated from Department of Public Administration of the Gazi University
Gazi University
Gazi University is a public university primarily located in Ankara, Turkey.It was established in 1926 by Kemal Atatürk as Gazi Teacher Training Institute...
. In 1972, he became an artist of one of the Turkish State Theatres
Turkish State Theatres
The Turkish State Theatres is the official directorate of the national theatre companies in Turkey. It is bound to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and financed by the state to promote performed arts and enhance the public interest they receive...
. He wrote dozens of plays, and put these onto stage. He has over 30 awards as an actor, writer, director and voice actor. He was general art director in City Theaters. As the host of the Turkish version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
game show, called Kim beşyüz bin ister?
Kim beşyüz bin ister?
Kim beş yüz bin ister? was a Turkish game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?....
, he became known by wider audience.
Some of his plays as a director
- Ölümsüz Öykü
- Aşk Hastası
- Huzur
- Abdülcambaz
- Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz
- MacbethMacbethThe Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607...
- Afife Jale
- Bebek Uykusu
- Olmayan Kadın
- Kıyamet Sularında
- İvan İvanoviç Var Mıydı Yok Muydu?
Scripts Written
- Taşların Sırrı - 1992
- Yarına Gülümsemek - 1991
- Anadolu'nun Kadın Erenleri - 1991
Filmography
- Fikrimin İnce Gülü - 2007
- Belalı ıldız - 2005
- Aşk Oyunu - 2005
- Emret Komutanım - 2005
- Sayın Bakanım - 2004
- Günahım Neydi Allahım - 2003
- Yeşil Işık - 2001
- Kolsuz Bebek - 2001
- Evimizin İnsanları - 2000
- Hırsızın Oğlu - 2000
- Merdoğlu - 2000
- Dadı - 2000
- Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer - 1999
- Cumhuriyet - 1998
- Sıcak Saatler - 1998
- Kurtuluş - 1996
- Yaz Evi - 1993
- Süper Baba - 1993
- Sızı - 1986