Berkay Ateş was born on February 19, 1987 in Istanbul. Turkish TV series, cinema, theater actor and playwright.
Name: Berkay Ateş
Date of Birth: February 19, 1987
Place of Birth: İstanbul
Height: 1.80 m.
Weight: 77 kg
Horoscope: Aquarius
Eye color brown
Mother: Nilgün Ateş
Siblings: Nilay Ateş
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atesberkay/
GULIZAR / KANAL D / FOTOGRAF MUHSIN AKGUN
Family: He was born and raised in Istanbul. He is from Malatya on the mother’s side and from Ardahan on the father’s side. He lost his father at an early age, he has an older sister who is 7 years older than him. “We were a typical Turkish family, but I lost my father when I was 12 years old. After that, my mother, sister and I had a difficult process. I grew up in an altruistic and trusting family. I am from the generation who grew up in the neighborhood, played with the soil and did not enter the house from the street. I say I am glad we grew up when I look at today. ”
Childhood years: “My life has changed a lot since my childhood. It was cloudy, sunny or snowy sometimes. Of course I have experienced many things. I have been slapped and subjected to violence, but I have not experienced such great traumas. My childhood years are still with me today, my memory is strong. I remember many memories, good and bad. That’s why these memories came with me today. Good thing he came. Because all my experiences have taught mercy, appreciation and patience. The most important advice you received from my family, the first time I heard at home, “Giving without love” is always in my mind. ”
Educational life: He graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Conservatory Theater Department.
How did the acting story begin? He was not in his mind to be an actor, he was studying mathematics in college. Later, he decided to quit the section he was reading and become an actor. “I was actually a mathematician. I studied mathematics for 3 years at university, I had no acting in mind. Last year, I started working as an assistant and acting at Semaver Kumpanya, Dot. Then I decided when I got a theater education in Slovenia, I said “I will be an actor.” I took the exam of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University; There is a 21 age limit, I was just 21 that year. When I won, I quit and continued at the conservatory. My family has always been supportive. It is very valuable for my mother and sister to understand and believe in me. Because it is not easy to leave a university. Especially leaving such an idealized department and reading a school that is not so idealized. It was not a comfortable decision for me or my family. ”
First step into acting: He started his television adventure with the series ‘Sessiz Fırtına’ (Silent Storm).
With which project did he shine? He drew attention with the character “Cengiz Yıldız”, which he portrayed in the “Mother” series.
Personality traits: Not ambitious, but hardworking and perfectionist. “I am hopeful and challenging. I am very challenging, especially in professional terms. If I believed in something, my eye would see nothing else. I spend all my time, mind, energy on it to make it happen. I also think this works. ”
Source of happiness: He is happy to play his first leading role in the movie “Abluka”. “It is a great chance for my career to both work with Emin Alper and play a leading role in such a movie. I feel lucky and valuable. We watched the movie for the first time in Sala Grande in Venice. It was very important for me to receive praise from Alfonso Cuaron and Nuri Bilge Ceylan. ”
First motion picture: Biket İlhan / Mavi Gözlü Dev
His view of business life: He founded his own theater after school. At the same time, he writes and stages plays. “The place where we could tell our stories freestly could only be our own theater. Of course, nobody looks at you with hopeful eyes while establishing a theater, many have said, “Are you sure?” We established our own theater at a young age in order to tell our own stories with the people we want to work with. That is why it stands in a special and untouchable place for us. Since we have our own theater, we have always been behind, embraced and embraced the plays we made, because we thought that these stories touched a universal, local place. The place where we put the theater has grown over the years and has become a place where we wrap cotton. But I am one of those who think that it should not be sanctified that much. This is our profession; Theater is our profession, as is the profession of an engineer, a lawyer, an architect. It is very difficult to do theater in the country conditions, it is very difficult to act as a lawyer under country conditions, and to do engineering. We are trying to do all the channels that can do this profession by forcing all the conditions and to do this properly. Theater is the center of our lives yes, but the center of my life is to share stories, to live stories; I’m after stories. We are acting in the series, we are performing our profession, in the cinema and in the theater. Theater is important because we can tell deeper stories. We shoot 150 minutes every week on TV, stories sometimes get out of hand, but then we hold on to the characters. ”
How did he start writing plays? He started writing plays while he was at the conservatory. He made the first game draft in the 3rd grade, and wrote the play for the first time in the 4th grade. “I wrote and directed my first play in the courtyard of Mimar Sinan University. They were amateur experiences. After I founded Theater D22, I started my adventure by writing Twenty-Five. Then came ‘Cormorant’, ‘Bird Kiss’, ‘Truth and Truth Certainly One Day’. The more I wrote, the more I got into the writing issue. Then I started writing for some magazines, I wrote on Bavul. “Truly One Day” has received very good feedback. In our theater, we wanted to tell our own stories and tell us where we look at the world with our own pen. In that sense, we will create a repertoire by blending both universal texts and texts we have written. At first I wrote it at short intervals, every year was like a play, but then time intervened. Truth is in One Day, I thought about it for about two and a half years, wrote some of it, stopped, wrote it, and then it’s over. ”
Career plan: If the character is created well, if he can ask questions on that character, if he can take it from the author and move it somewhere, he can play all the roles. It does not discriminate between roles. “I don’t separate roles, but the character I want to play in life is Raskolnikov. I have goals and dreams of course; In addition to being able to pursue my profession in the best way, we have a project called “Writers Forest”. As part of the project, we organize an author memorial night every month, and one ticket is equal to the price of a sapling. My goal is to build a large forest with the revenue collected. “Writers Forest”. I hope I can leave a livable world as far as I can. It is enough for me to be in a place where I am proud of everything I have done in 10 years. ”
Who does he admire? He admires the director Emin Alper and Nuri Bilge Ceylan with whom he worked on the movie “Abluka”. I am a big fan of Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s characters and the situations she has experienced. Those weaknesses, conflicts of interest in small situations, efforts to jump class, paranoia, claustrophobia created by the Blockade, darkness. I think the biggest thing that the blockade created in the audience was paranoia. Abluka took the dust of our paranoid state, which we covered, and brought it to light. ”
Relationship with nature: When he feels psychologically tired, he throws himself into nature. I usually go to the Islands, it is good for me. It also feels good to make music when I’m alone,
Hobby: He relaxes very much while doing carpentry. He made many items from his table to his bed, from his sitting set to his bookshelf. “I would definitely like to open a small shop on carpentry in the future. Dealing with carpentry is very relaxing, especially how to use sandpaper to calm down. ”
Which movie was he affected by? “Dark” is among the series he likes. “There is a movie” The Maid “, whose script I love very much, the script is very clever.”
TV SERIES
2007- Sessiz Fırtına (Silent Storm)
2007/2008- Doktorlar (Doctors)
2010- Invisibles /Police 3
2013- Karadayı
2015- Analar ve Anneler/ İsmail
2016 – İstanbul Sokakları/ Saltuk
2016/2017 – Anne (Mother) / Cengiz Yıldız
2018- Gülizar / Fettah
2018/2020 – Çukur (The Pit) /Mahsun- Fikret
2020- Aleph / Reyhan
2020- Flames Of Fate / Ozan Akınsel
CINEMA FILMS
2007- Mavi Gözlü Dev/ Osman
2010- The Undergraduate (Short Film)
2013 – Yarım Kalan Mucize/ Rebel
2015 – Abluka / Ahmet
2019 – Görülmüştür / Zakir
2020- 9.75 Santimetrekare
THEATRE GAMES
2018- Hakikat, Elbet Bir Gün / Player / Writer
2017- Hayvan Çiftliği / Player
2017-Hak / Writer
2016- Dünyaya Gözlerimden Bak / Player
2015- Kuş Öpücüğü / Mehmet / Writer
2014- Kral (Soytarım) Lear / Edmund
2014- Karabatak
2013- Yirmi Beş / Player / Writer
2013- Bent / Max
AWARDS
2017 – Cevdet Kudret Literature Award / Theater /Hakikat, Elbet Bir Gün
2015 – 22nd International Golden Boll Film Festival / Promising Young Actor / Abluka