Jon-Sel Gourkan
Jon-Sel Gourkan is a British Turkish actor/comic. He was born in
Kingston-Upon-Thames. Jon-Sel has played professional football in
Turkey and performed in a band called word on the street who supported
many well-known UK pop act such as 5ive, Westlife and 911 having played
major arenas across the united kingdom including Wembley. When the band
disbanded he had a short solo career having one of his singles 21st
Century Man appear on the US version of Queer as folk. Having performed
from a young age he majorly impressed Sir Richard Attenborough whilst
auditioning for Chaplin the movie in which he very nearly landed the
role of playing a young Charlie yet the part was disbanded. Jon-Sel had
always been involved in showcasing his acting ability from a young age
and british director Matthew Warchus offered sponsorship when Jon-Sel
was planning to join the National Youth Theatre. He has appeared at the
Royal Shakespeare theatre acting alongside Ralph Fiennes and Alex
Kingston and had a lead role playing Joe Vegas in Fame the musical
directed by the talented Karen Bruce.
