Biography
Şerif Erol was born on 8 October 1963 in Karşıyaka, İzmir. He started in the Physics Department at Boğaziçi University, decided it was not for him and switched to Economics. What he really cared about was the university’s actors’ club, and he spent years on stage before joining Açık Radyo in 1997.
He trained as a stage actor, taught acting and performed with Stüdyo Oyuncuları in Nişantaşı. He later staged his own play Karanlık Korkusu and took the lead in Babamın Cesetleri at Bilgi University’s Krek Theatre. Alongside acting he built a career as a screenwriter on series such as Bir İstanbul Masalı, Hırsız Polis and Bıçak Sırtı, and he also worked as a voice actor for TRT.
On screen he is best known as the tailor Enver Sarıkadı in Kadın. He also played Adil İpekoğlu in Camdaki Kız and Suavi Alkanlı in Kızıl Goncalar. In October 2026 he joined NOW‘s Sevdam Karadeniz as Durali Yeniceli, the head of the Yeniceli family at the centre of the feud.
