Kenan Işık
Kenan Işık (born 1947 in Yesilyurt, Malatya Province) is a Turkish actor and host.
Biography
Son of a retired Turkish State Railways 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.
Some of his plays as a director
- Ölümsüz Öykü
- Aşk Hastası
- Huzur
- Abdülcambaz
- Yaşar Ne Yaşar Ne Yaşamaz
- Macbeth
- 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
External links
tr:Kenan Işık