Yigit Akkaya
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
He was born in 1999 in Eskisehir. He took part in various school and municipal theaters. He started his education at Selcuk University, Faculty of Communication, Radio, TV and Cinema department in 2018. He presented a radio show at Radio University. He took part in two short films as his final homework. He wrote the script for the movie Esref Saati (2022), directed and played the leading role in the movie. He also helped with the script and acted as an actor in the movie Araf (2022). In the same year, he appeared in several commercials. In 2023, he studied for acting at the Istanbul Drama Art Academy. He took the lead role in the short film Five Little Sins. He played a Bosnian character in the Dayton Series on the Tabii platform. Most recently, he appeared in the Disney+ original series The Search.