Ercan Kesal
Ercan Kesal (born 12 September 1959) is a Turkish actor, director, writer and physician.
Kesal graduated from Ege University's medical school in 1984. He worked as a physician at Keskin State Hospital, and at clinics in Balâ and the districts surrounding it.
He started his acting career in 2002 with a role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's movie Uzak. He also wrote the script for the movie Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da together with Ebru and Nuri Bilge Ceylan. In 2011, the movie received a nomination for the Best Script award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Aside from his career as an actor, he has published a number of books, including Peri Gazozu (2013), Nasipse Adayız (2015), Cin Aynası (2016), Bozkırda Bir Gece Yarısı (2017) and Aslında... (2017) by İletişim Yayınları and Evvel Zaman (2014) by İthaki Yayınları.
Acted in
Such Things Don’t Happen in This World
2024
The Reeds
2023
Magarsus
2023
as Halil Kurak
Hopeful Dark Journey
2022
as Yılmaz
Paperflower
2022
as Remzi
Aldatmak
2022
as Ali Sezai Okuyan
The Criminals
2022
as Hôtelier 2
Love Me Instead
2021
as Sedat
The Bad Penny
2021
as Halit
You Know Him
2020
as Dr. Kemal Güner
Kısmet
2020
as Necati
9,75
2020
as Dr. Haydar
The Agency
2020
as Self
Aleph
2020
Passed by Censor
2019
Black Sun
2019
The Smell of Money
2018
Butterflies
2018
as Çoban
The Pit
2017
as İdris Koçovalı (Sadece Sesi)
The Pit
2017
as İdris Koçovalı
Sideway
2017
Eksi Bir
2017
Cold Hell
2017
as Gökhan
Insider
2016
as Köstenceli Akın Işık
Nausea
2015
as Doktor
Yozgat Blues
2013
as Yavuz
I Am Not Him
2013
as Nihat / Necip
Government Woman 2
2013
as Aziz Veysel
Thou Gild'st the Even
2013
as İrfan
Swing
2013
Mold
2013
as Basri
Government Woman
2013
as Aziz Veysel Nuroğlu
Shift 12-48
2012
as Selim
Take a Deep Breath
2012
as Doctor
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
2011
as Muhtar
Hair
2010
Vavien
2009
as Süleyman
Making of Three Monkeys
2008
Three Monkeys
2008
as Servet
Distant
2002
