Behsat Saka

Height: 181 cm

BiographySaka was Born in Oslo, Norway to first generation Turkish parents. He spoke Turkish at home and learned Norwegian and English at school.He spent most of his childhood in a small town on the o ...Show More

BiographySaka was Born in Oslo, Norway to first generation Turkish parents. He spoke Turkish at home and learned Norwegian and English at school.He spent most of his childhood in a small town on the outskirt of Oslo. Being the first child in the family he got a lot of attention from his parents. With a large number of relatives still in Turkey, he would spend his summers in Konya and Izmir.He grew up in a conservative household, his father an Islamic preacher and his mother working as a housekeeper. Along with his two siblings , he was taught Arabic by his father from an early age. At the age of seven, his father introduced him to the martial art of Tae Kwon Do which he now holds a black belt. Later on he started training in the more deadly art form of Ninjutsu which he also holds a black belt on. He is also an enthusiastic soccer player and his favourite team are Barcelona.His interest in the arts and psychology led him to acting. He took his first acting lessons at The International Theatre Academy of Norway. Behsat was always clowning around as a kid to get attention from people. One day his father jokingly suggested he should pursue an acting career, because he loved to pull up pranks on people and clown around, without knowing that that would be his way of showing his creativity.He has also been working as salesman from the age of 18, and spent almost three years to save up money for his studies. He got accepted into the prestigious Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles, a two year conservatory program where he ended up studying for three years. He now follows in the footsteps of his idols like James Dean, Robert DeNiro and Marlon Brando who all studied under Lee Strasberg. Recently he has been taken an interest modern day actors such as Shia LaBeouf and Joaquin Phoenix Hide