Kaan Taşaner

Kaan Taşaner — Biography

Kaan Taşaner is an actor who came up through the theater and is known for supporting and lead roles in television drama. He is most associated with Erdoğan Yaşaran in Kanal D's Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? and with Gündoğdu Bey in TRT 1's historical series Diriliş: Ertuğrul. He is the son of the stage actress Sacide Taşaner.

He began his training at a municipal theater workshop in Antalya and continued in the theater department of the Selçuk University State Conservatory in Konya. He first appeared on stage in Karanlıkta İlk Işık Kubilay and played in various productions until 2004; his first television role was in the series Büyük Buluşma. His breakthrough was Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? (2010-2012), after which he played Commissioner Şeref in Kuzey Güney and Kemal Özdemir in Kayıp. After leaving Diriliş: Ertuğrul because of the storyline, he appeared in Rengarenk, Şahin Tepesi (as the lawyer Erkan Sarpkaya), Uyanış: Büyük Selçuklu (as the Roman soldier Markus) and Kanunsuz Topraklar. He played Giray in Kızılcık Şerbeti and left that series in 2024.

He has kept his ties to the stage: he earned praise over two seasons as Andy Dufresne in the play Esaretin Bedeli. In 2020 he released his first song, Bu Bir Oyun.