Serdar Gökhan

Serdar Gökhan — Biography

Serdar Gökhan is an actor, also known as a painter, whose career runs from the golden age of Yeşilçam to today's historical television dramas. His real name is Nusret Ersöz. Newer audiences know him best as Süleyman Şah in Diriliş: Ertuğrul.

Born in Mudurnu, in Bolu province, he studied in the painting department of the Beşiktaş-based Tatbiki Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi and worked for a time as a comic-strip illustrator. He entered cinema in 1964 with small parts and became a sought-after name thanks to his athletic look and his acting. His first lead was Kadırgalı Ali; he went on to appear in adventure, action and drama productions such as Irmak (as Nuri), Malkoçoğlu Kurt Bey (1972, Doğan Bey), Yatık Emine (1974), Kader Yolcuları (1975, Oruç), Acı Severim Tatlı Döverim (1975), Kan Kardeşler (Ali) and Av (1989, Yusuf Bozdağlı).

From the 1990s he was seen more often on television: the Kurdoğlu series, Karaoğlan (2002, Baybora), Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne? and Kurt Seyit ve Şura (2014), then Diriliş: Ertuğrul, followed by Kuruluş: Osman, Türkler Geliyor: Adaletin Kılıcı (Konuralp) and Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı (2024, Ali Bey Evrenosoğlu). With a career of more than sixty years, he is one of the names linking classic Turkish cinema with current television drama.