Merih Ermakastar was born on May 10, 1975 in Istanbul. After completing his primary education at Selim Sırrı Tarcan Primary School, he studied at Saint-Joseph French High School for one year. His interest in music began at an early age; He started playing the piano at the age of nine and the trumpet at the age of twelve.
During his secondary education, he graduated from MimarSinan University State Conservatory, majoring in trumpet, and in high school, he graduated from Bilkent University Faculty of Music and Performing Arts Music Preparatory School. After his graduation, he passed the staff exam of Mersin State Opera and Ballet and became a civil servant. Three years later, he left his job and completed the Theater Department of the same university.
He started his musical career as a vocalist on CenkEren's stage in 2000 and performed trumpet shows in various bars in 2001-2002. In 2002, he played trumpet in the program "Çarkıfelek" presented by MehmetAliErbil. In May 2003, he released his first album called "CanAyazım" from Arma Music and attracted attention with the song "Acı Bana Yetiyorum".
Since 2006, he started to accompany SerdarOrtaç on stage with both his voice and trumpet; In 2010, he released singles with songs such as "Yasaksın" and "HazanYeri", and then released his song "HiçÖzürBekleme" under Ossi Music. A six-track album, including the song "VeresiyeSevda", was released in 2011, and the album "GideninSuçuYok" was released in 2013; The clips from this album appeared on television and music lists.
She stepped into the world of acting when she was seven years old with the films "O Kadin" and "LeylaileMecnun"; In LeylaileMecnun, she portrayed the childhood of Mecnun, played by OrhanGencebay. Between 1997 and 2000, she starred in TV series such as "HiçBanaSordunmu?", "Forgive UsiHocam", "ÜveyBaba" and "SorryLeyla".
In 2004, he received great acclaim for his character Ercan in "ÇemberiyorumGülOya", written by ÇağanIrmak; This success was followed by the role of John Renan in "UninvitedGuest" in 2005, and the role of Mert in "Binbir Gece", which broke rating records in 2006.
Having a wide portfolio in the field of voice-over, Ermakastar voiced the advertisements of many brands such as Haribo, Pantene, Renault, Rock'nCoke, Banat, Arçelik, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Teknosa and took over the channel voice of PowerFM for a while. Today, he continues his artistic life actively with both stage performances and voice-over works.
He was born on May 10, 1975 in Istanbul. He studied at Selim Sırrı Tarcan Primary School and Saint Joseph High School. He graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory, Trumpet Major, in secondary school, and Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Music Preparatory School, in high school.
He stayed here as a boarder for 3 years. He became a civil servant by passing the staff exam held by Mersin State Opera and Ballet. He resigned from this position after 3 years and then graduated from Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory Theater Department.
He has been playing the piano since the age of nine and the trumpet since the age of twelve. He started performing vocals for Cenk Eren in 2000. He played trumpet in Wheel of Fortune in 2002. Between 2001 and 2002, he performed trumpet shows in bars called People and Andon. He played trumpet in the band Night Train for a while. Apart from these, they also had shows at Reina at that time.
He released his first album called Can Ayazım in May 2003. He shot video clips for 3 songs from the album. Again in the same year, he prepared and presented the program he called "coccori" on the MMC Turkish television channel.
She took her first step into acting when she was only 7 years old, in the movie "O Woman". Later, Leyla ile Mecnun (1982), Did You Ever Ask Me? He starred in the TV series (1997), Forgive Us Hocam (1998), Üvey Baba (2000), Sorry Leyla (2000), Çemberiyorum Gül Oya (2004), Uninvited Guest (2005), Binbir Gece (2006). In addition, he took part in Yonca Lodi's video clip titled "Aldım Başımı Gidiyorum", which was shot in 2007.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 8 productions; 7 of the most well-known are listed.
- Judgment (2021) — Çetin Sarıoğlu
- One Thousand and One Nights (2006) — Mert
- Forgive Us Teacher (1998)
- Cille 2069 (2024) — Talu (voice)
- Intruder (2005) — John Renan
- That Woman (1982) — Little Actor
- Leyla and Mecnun (1983)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
