Toprak Sergen was born on January 1, 1968 in Ankara. He received his acting license from Ankara University DTCF Theater Department and then completed his master's degree in directing; Before undergraduate studies, he received his associate degree from Gazi University, Department of International Relations. Sergen, who joined TRT's Radio Kids Club at the age of 11, took on presenting, voice-over and director duties in radio and television programs at a young age.
After performing at the Trabzon State Theater and various private theaters for a short period, he took part in commercials, music videos, morning hours and competition programs.
In his voice-over career, he voiced the character He-Man in the "Masters of the Universe" cartoon series created by Mattel in 1981, and the role of Larry Appleton (Cousin Larry) played by Mark Linn-Baker in the Turkish version of the TV series "Perfect Strangers" between 1986 and 1993. Toprak, the son of artist Semih Sergen, stepped into the music world by releasing a music album called "Albüm".
After being the producer, director and screenwriter of the movie "A Turkish Tale", he continues to act in cinema and TV series projects, while providing voice-over services in stage performances, moderation and commercials and promotional films for various brands. The artist, who loves nature and animals, also owns an organic certified farm.
His acting success was awarded with the Best Actor award at the Avşa Film Festival in 2001 for the movie "Kırık Zar", in 2000 the Faculty of Communication awarded the award in the same category with the movie "Ay Işıkında Saklı", and in the same year, he was awarded the Best TV Series award by the Magazine Journalists Association for the TV series "Aşkın Dağlarda Gezer". In 1993, he took the stage in Semih Çelenk's play "Journey with Time Fırfırı" at Trabzon State Theatre.
Toprak Sergen, who has a wide range in terms of filmography, appeared in the cinema with the 2022 movie "Bir Türk Masalı" as well as the upcoming TV series "Altay". 1-27 in the history series "Alparslan: Great Seljuk" between 2021-2022. While appearing in the episodes, he appeared in the comedy films "Olanlar Oldu" (Serkay) and "Tatlı Şeyler" (Kamyoncu) in 2017, and in the comedy films "Sen Kimsin?" in 2012.
He played the role of Hamlet in the movie (Adnan) and in the TV series "Sahne Classics" in 2010. Previously, he met with the audience in TV series such as "Başdım Belası - Gelin" (Manager, 2007), "Liar Stranger - The Stranger Inside Me" (Erdem, 2006), "Dreams and Realities" (Yiğit, 2005) and programs such as "Ünlüler Çiftliği" (competition program, 2004).
Between 2002 and 2000, he played different characters in films such as "The Insider", "Romantic", "Tin Soldier", "Hunter", "Midnight Stories", "The Passion for Fame" and "Broken Dice".
Toprak Sergen was born in 1968 in Ankara, Türkiye.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 24 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Alparslan: Great Seljuk (2021) — Katalon Kekavmenos
- Black Angel (1997) — Engin
- Melek Apartment (1995) — Furkan
- Our Family (1996) — Murat
- Upstarts (1994) — Taner Partal
- Your Love Travels in the Mountains (1999) — Mahmut
- Avcı (2001) — Ali Sümer
- Emerald (2004)
- Who are you? (2012) — Adnan
- Sweet Things (2017)
- What Happened Happened (2017) — Serkay
- Dreams and Realities (2005) — Yiğit Helvacı
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
