İbrahim Kendirci

İbrahim Kendirci — Biography

Deniz Akça in the youth series Kavak Yelleri is the role Turkish actor İbrahim Kendirci is remembered for above all. In the years since he has worked across a wide range, from period dramas to streaming productions, and played Görkem in the Netflix film Sen Yaşamaya Bak.

Born in Gaziantep, Kendirci moved with his family to Antalya as a baby because of his father's work, and after high school studied acting at the İstanbul University State Conservatory; he describes his admission as a big surprise. He first appeared on camera in 2006 as Volkan in the film Pars: Kiraz Operasyonu. Kavak Yelleri, which ran from 2007 to 2011, introduced him to a wide audience. After it he went on to 2 Yaka Bir İsmail, the TRT1 series Yol Ayrımı and Sevdaluk (as Orhan), and also appeared in Karagül, Hayat Ağacı and Rengarenk. Later came the film Kervan 1915, Yusuf in Payitaht Abdülhamid and Yiğit in Kaçın Kurası. More recently he played Merter Tekinsoy in Darısı Başımıza and Kerem Gezgin in Nöbet.

Alongside film and television, he has also worked on the theater stage.