Sarp Apak

Sarp Apak — Biography

Kerim Sarp Apak is a comic actor best known as Tanrıverdi in the sitcom Avrupa Yakası. Gülse Birsel's series Yalan Dünya and Jet Sosyete kept him on screen, and the Ölümlü Dünya films brought him a wide cinema audience. He is currently on stage in the play Bir Aile Provası, tours a one-man stand-up show and is part of the cast of the Star TV comedy Tuzlu Kahve.

He grew up in Bursa and, after Bursa Erkek High School, sat the drama entrance exams, graduating from the acting department of Dokuz Eylül University's Faculty of Fine Arts in 2004. In Istanbul he appeared in Ağır Roman at the Sadri Alışık Theater and joined Yılmaz Erdoğan's BKM group the same year. A small part in Organize İşler was followed by Anadolu Kaplanı and En Son Babalar Duyar, and he did stand-up on BKM's small Mutfak stage. Tanrıverdi was his breakthrough; he went on to play Güven in the youth drama Kavak Yelleri, Emir Danışman in Yalan Dünya and Ozan Özpamuk in Jet Sosyete. In film he appeared in Mahsun Kırmızıgül's Beyaz Melek and Güneşi Gördüm, as Fişek Ömer in 7 Kocalı Hürmüz and as Serhan in Ölümlü Dünya. In 2021 he played Mahir in Kaderimin Oyunu, and his recent films are Ölümlü Dünya 2, İyi Bir Aile Değiliz and Efes'in Sırrı, released in 2026.

His İşTcell commercials also drew attention, and in 2007 he recorded a cover of the song “Aşkınla Yandım.” He is married and has a son.