Serhan Yavaş

Serhan Yavaş — Biography

Serhan Yavaş is an actor who moved from modeling into television drama. His breakthrough was the series Örümcek, broadcast on Show TV in 1998, and in the years after he stayed on screen with productions such as Yemin, Unutulmaz and Adını Kalbime Yazdım. In 2017 he joined the cast of Seni Kimler Aldı.

Born in Istanbul, Yavaş entered the Sports Academy of Marmara University after finishing school and began teaching tennis, the branch he had entered with; he then worked as a model for a time. He appeared in advertisements for Deniz Bank, Bosch, Tofaş, Papia and Nestlé Kit Kat. He began acting professionally in 1995 with a small part in the French series Ester ve Sarah and played in the video for Muazzez Ersoy's song “İntizar”, released at the end of 1996. He then played Şekip for 16 episodes of Örümcek.

On FOX's Yemin he played Menderes; he went on to be Harun in atv's Unutulmaz, Ömer in Show TV's Adını Kalbime Yazdım and Talat Çamay in Seni Kimler Aldı. Adını Kalbime Yazdım was taken off the air after only 16 episodes. In 2009 he received the Kadir Has University award for Most Distinguished Actor of the Year, and in 2010 he was given best actor and, with Özlem Yılmaz, the screen's most ideal couple awards.