Erdem Akakçe

Erdem Akakçe — Biography

Between stage and screen, Turkish actor Erdem Akakçe has kept a balanced career. Trained in the theatre in Ankara, he has worked for more than twenty years in cinema, television and streaming productions; his lead role in the film Ara and his Meczup Abdullah in the series Vuslat are among the work he is most often associated with.

After Ankara Özel Yükseliş College, he studied in the theatre department of Bilkent University's Faculty of Music and Performing Arts. He made his professional stage debut in 1998 at Dostlar Tiyatrosu in Yalınayak Sokrates and stayed with that company until 2005. His parts in plays such as Yarışma, Yaşasın Savaş, Fay Hattı and Kocasını Pişiren Kadın earned him the Avni Dilligil, Ankara Sanat Kurumu and Afife theatre awards. He entered television in 2002 with Biz Size Âşık Olduk, followed by Bir İstanbul Masalı and 29-30.

In cinema he appeared in Korkuyorum Anne, Anlat İstanbul, Karanlıktakiler, Nar and Ağustos Böcekleri ve Karıncalar (as Metin), and played Mümin Çılgın in Bizim İçin Şampiyon. More recently he took on Behram in Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu, Cevat in the Netflix series Sıcak Kafa and Rafet in Aktris; the international production Rise of Empires: Ottoman (2020) is also among his credits.