Macit Sonkan

Macit Sonkan — Biography

Macit Sonkan came up on the State Theatre stage, and in recent years the Turkish actor has become known on television for playing village aghas and grandfathers. Wide audiences know him as Nasuh Sadoğlu in Hercai, in which he appeared from 2019 to 2021. On stage his work stands out for children's theatre and for plays that earned him awards.

Born in Torbalı, İzmir, Sonkan graduated in theatre acting from the Fine Arts programme and joined the State Theatres in 1978. At the Bursa, İzmir and Istanbul State Theatres he appeared in plays such as Kısmet, A View from the Bridge, Resimli Osmanlı Tarihi, Measure for Measure, Caligula, The Lower Depths and Töre; in 2000 he directed Spaghetti mit Ketchup in Istanbul. He concentrated on plays for children, took part in productions staged abroad and won a number of awards in the theatre.

His screen career began in the 1980s with Major Cemal in Ateşten Günler. In cinema he appeared as Siho in Camdan Kalp, as Nazmi in Abuzer Kadayıf, in Avanak Kuzenler as a village headman and in Sürgün as Halil. On television he played Dinar Ağa in Ezo Gelin, and later appeared in series such as Aşktan Kaçılmaz, Deli Gönül (as Basri Kavaslı) and Çukur.