Acting
Berkay Ateş
Born
1987-02-19 (39)
Place of birth
Istanbul, Turkey
Known for
Acting
Credits
18 titles
His father is from Ardahan and his mother is from Malatya. He won the Promising Young Actor Award at the 22nd Golden Boll Film Festival with the character of Ahmet in the movie 'Abluka'. After appearing in various theater plays, he turned to the cinema, portraying the character of Rebel in the movie Yarim Kalan Mucize, Ahmet in the movie Abluka, Cengiz in the TV series Anne, and Saltuk in the series Istanbul Sokaklari. Berkay Ates graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department. He started his theater studies at Semaver Kumpanya. He studied Theater at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Meanwhile, he worked as an assistant at Dot Theater, Semiha Berksoy Opera Foun…
Known for
7.5When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.
The Pit
2017
8.3Anne (Mother), a 2016–2017 Turkish drama, follows Zeynep, a substitute teacher who discovers her 7-year-old student, Melek, is being severely abused and neglected by her mother, Sule. To save her, Zeynep kidnaps Melek, fakes her death, and attempts to become her adoptive mother, leading to an emotional, high-stakes battle for custody and safety.
Mother
2016
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Tonight with İbrahim Selim
2019
6.5Cemre, along with her little daughter, tries to escape the violent nightmare of a marriage she has fallen into after fondly getting married... Rüya who has never faced the bitter side of truth in her beautiful, privileged life... Çiçek, who is on the verge of losing her identity and her beauty that is identical to her existence, while trying to start a clean slate to a happy life. These three women whose characters and stories are very different from one another cross paths during a fire in a cistern. Nothing will ever be the same once the flames calm down.
Flames of Fate
2020
7.7He is a distinguished, respected family court judge. She is an honest and principled woman who has saved many marriages from destruction, made sure that many children receive the affection and love they deserve, and has always been on the side of justice.
Deception
2022
8.1Vedat, a veteran missionary, and Evren, a political corrector who has studied philosophy, are the duo assigned for the 'extremely important' errands of a wealthy businessman. This mismatched duo, one of whom closes his eyes and does his duty, and the other questions every step he takes, sets out on a different adventure in each episode. But they clash within themselves, more than they do due to duty.
Errands
2021
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
6.5In a remote village, an exiled clan returns, reviving a decades-old land feud. Seized by divine visions, Mesut challenges his brother’s leadership to save his people. Will this new path bring salvation or tragedy?
Salvation
2026
7.1Ishak, a wandering musician from a small mountain town. A lynching he was a part of 7 years ago comes back to haunt him as he returns to his town to say farewell to his dying mother. Facing the other five perpetrators--his childhood friends—as well as the community and government officials supporting them, Ishak struggles with the guilt weighing upon him. However, the bigger the crime is, the stronger the silence gets since everyone has blood on their hands.
Black Night
2023
5.5Tuncel Kurtiz is an international actor who has worked in various countries such as Turkey, Germany, and Sweden throughout his fifty-year career. He has starred in countless works in cinema, stage and television and has received many awards, including the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival. He has directed two documentaries and a feature-length fiction film. Kurtiz's acting performance ranges from popular melodramas to major plays such as Mahabharata (Peter Brook), encompassing many different genres and styles. As an actor, Kurtiz believes in the creative power of chaos: 'Chaos is the most difficult to create / Not a false chaos / Many things come out of chaos'. Through testimonies, film excerpts, and archive footage, this documentary reflects Tuncel Kurtiz's diverse body of artistic work in all its dimensions for the first time. In the background of this detailed portrait are Turkey's turbulent years and the reality of exile.
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
6.0During his military service in 1990's Southeast Turkey, Ahmet experiences something that will haunt him for the rest of his life. In 2013, when the chaotic days of Gezi Park protests in Istanbul start, Ahmet learns he has a brain tumor. Just as the lines between truth and fiction, the dream and the reality start to get blurred for him, he meets Serap; the love of his life. But time is ticking and his painful past weighs down on him every day, suffocating him with the same question: Who is the child that plays hide and seek with him?
9,75
2020
2010s · 3 titles
6.0Feeling left out after meeting an almost-famous clarinet player, Sercan decides to go on the search of the famous restaurant Resul’s Place. However, on his journey, he gets to know many things about the restaurant, his friends and himself.
There is No Anatolia
2017
7.0With Istanbul mired in political violence, Kadir is offered release after 15 years in prison if he’ll work as an informant. In a shantytown he stumbles upon his brother Ahmet, working for the city rounding up stray dogs and shutting himself in his home.
Frenzy
2015
6.2In the heart of Istanbul's prison, Zakir controls the letters prisoners receive. His average day is spent between the censorship office, his colleagues and his evening writing class. For a writing assignment, he steals a photo from one of the letters, in which appears Selma, an inmate's wife. More than an inspiration, she becomes an obsession for Zakir. He observes her, makes up stories, and imagines the worst to the extent that he puts himself at great risk.
Passed by Censor
2019
Series credits
7.5When a mafia family named Koçovars are in danger of losing control of their neighborhood, “The Pit,” their youngest son must come back home, a place he could never truly escape.
The Pit
2017
8.3Anne (Mother), a 2016–2017 Turkish drama, follows Zeynep, a substitute teacher who discovers her 7-year-old student, Melek, is being severely abused and neglected by her mother, Sule. To save her, Zeynep kidnaps Melek, fakes her death, and attempts to become her adoptive mother, leading to an emotional, high-stakes battle for custody and safety.
Mother
2016
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Tonight with İbrahim Selim
2019
6.5Cemre, along with her little daughter, tries to escape the violent nightmare of a marriage she has fallen into after fondly getting married... Rüya who has never faced the bitter side of truth in her beautiful, privileged life... Çiçek, who is on the verge of losing her identity and her beauty that is identical to her existence, while trying to start a clean slate to a happy life. These three women whose characters and stories are very different from one another cross paths during a fire in a cistern. Nothing will ever be the same once the flames calm down.
Flames of Fate
2020
7.7He is a distinguished, respected family court judge. She is an honest and principled woman who has saved many marriages from destruction, made sure that many children receive the affection and love they deserve, and has always been on the side of justice.
Deception
2022
8.1Vedat, a veteran missionary, and Evren, a political corrector who has studied philosophy, are the duo assigned for the 'extremely important' errands of a wealthy businessman. This mismatched duo, one of whom closes his eyes and does his duty, and the other questions every step he takes, sets out on a different adventure in each episode. But they clash within themselves, more than they do due to duty.
Errands
2021
8.2Follow the struggle of the Kurak family, who traded in citrus fruits in Sarıbahçe, both with each other and with foreign powers who want to dominate the region.
Magarsus
2023
NRNo synopsis available yet.
İstanbul Sokakları
2016
5.5The original series tells the story of a small-town Welsh lawyer, wife and mother, Faith, whose maternity leave is cut short when her husband and business partner, Evan, suddenly goes missing. As Faith sets about searching for the truth behind Evan's disappearance, she discovers that her seemingly idyllic home town hides many dark secrets that pose a danger to her and her beloved family and make her question how well she knows the man who is her husband.
Another Day
2025
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Gülizar
2018