Serkan Keskin

Serkan Keskin started his acting life in Izmit, the city where he was born and raised. He started at the theater course opened within the Izmit City Theater, which was established in 1997 under the general artistic directorship of the famous theater director Işıl Kasapoğlu. Among his teachers, there were theater actors such as Barış Falay, Zuhal Gencer, Melih Temiz. In addition to his course education, he took on large and small roles in the plays of Izmit City Theater between 1998 and 2001. While he was acting at the Izmit City Theatre, he settled in Istanbul to improve his theater education. Between 1999 and 2002, he studied at Akademi Istanbul theater school, where Işıl Kasapoğlu was the department head. After completing his theater education, he joined Semaver Kumpanya, which was established in 2002. He worked as an actor and director in this group for many years. Throughout his acting career, Serkan Keskin acted in the films of directors such as Yavuz Turgul, Zeki Ökten, Reha Erdem, Zeki Demirkubuz and Onur Ünlü. In theater, he took part in the works of world theater literature such as William Shakespeare, Moliere, Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch and Abel Gonzales Melo, and writers such as Orhan Kemal, Turgut Özakman, Sait Faik, Güngör Dilmen. Keskin became widely known in 2011 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. He played the bass guitar in the music group Leyla The Band, which was founded together with the TV series Leyla ile Mecnun in March 2013. He played the leading role of Balıkçı Sait, the eldest of the brothers, in the TV series Beş Kardeş, which started in February 2015 and was directed by Onur Ünlü.