Şehsuvar Aktaş, who was born in Ankara in 1964 as the only child of a civil servant mother and an air petty officer, spent her childhood in the Yenimahalle district of the city. When he was in his last year of secondary school, he gained stage experience in Molière's play "Zoraki Doktor". After completing his high school education at Ankara Charles de Gaulle French High School in 1983, he received his bachelor's degree from Ankara University, Faculty of Languages, History and Geography, Department of Theater in 1987; He completed his master's degree in the same department in 1989 and his doctorate in 1997.
He started his academic career as a lecturer at Anadolu University State Conservatory Theater Department between 1989 and 1991.
Aktaş, who married his colleague, actress Ayşe Selen, in 1988, founded the theater company "Tiyatrotem" in 2000 with the support of his wife. The first play of this group, called "Lahana Sarma", had its world premiere on October 18, 2001, within the scope of the 7th International Eskişehir Festival. In 2007, he took part in the advertising campaign of the Chewydent brand and made his first non-cinema work.
Şehsuvar Aktaş has also created a wide range of works as a translator. In 1992, he published Nicole Martinez's "Gypsies" in the Cep University Series of İletişim Publications, and in 1999, Eugène Ionesco's "Journey to the Land of the Dead" and Metin And's "Kanuni Image on the Theater, Ballet and Opera Stages" were published by Mitos Siz and Dost Publications, respectively.
In the same year, he introduced Patrice Pavis's book "Analysis of Impressions" to the readers through Dost Publications. In 2001, Roger Pol Droit's "In the Accompaniment of Thinkers" and Claude Mourthé's "And Suddenly Infinity" were published by Can Publications, and in 2002, Michel Foucault's "Society Must Be Defended" was published by YKY.
In 2004, Alfred Jarry's "King Übü", in 2008 Molière's "Tartuffe" and Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Small Murders in Marriage" were published by Mitos dimension, in 2010 his book "Private Life History 5" was published by YKY and in the same year he published "Chain" with Ayşe Selen. He translated the work titled "Vurulmuş Übü" from Mitos dimension.
In recent years, Hélène Carrère d'Encausse's "Six Years That Changed the World - 1985‑1991 The Fall of the Soviet Empire" (YKY, 2019), Camille Laurens's "The Fourteen-Year-Old Little Dancer" (YKY, 2019), Hélène L'Heuillet's "In Praise of Delay - Where Did the Time Go?" (YKY, 2022), Philippe Blanchon's "Gertrude Stein" (YKY, 2022) and François Noudelmann's "A Completely Different Sartre" (YKY, 2023) were translated into Turkish by the Publishing House Women's Pens.
Şehsuvar Aktaş was born in 1964 in Ankara, Türkiye.
Actor, Dramaturg, Translator, Mask and Puppet Designer. Born in Ankara in 1964, Şehsuvar Aktaş graduated from Ankara University, Faculty of Language, History and Geography, Department of Theatre. After graduating from school in 1987, he completed his master's and doctorate in the same department. He worked as a research assistant at Eskişehir Anadolu University State Conservatory for two years.
Since 2000, he has been continuing his work under the umbrella of Tiyatrotem, of which he is one of the founders.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 32 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Cemetery (2022) — Police Officer Hasan Duru
- Europe Europe (2011) — Mahir Beceren
- Şahsiyet (2018) — Hikmet Asil
- Ruhun Duymaz (2023) — Müfit
- The Ring (2019) — Steward
- Firefly (2017) — Parent
- Created (2023) — Hamdi
- June Night (2004) — Levon
- Gülperi (2018)
- My Husband's Family (2014) — Gazanfer Ar
- Unfinished Loves (2020) — Haluk
- Between Us and Ali Sunal (2024)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
