Şerif Erol (born 8 October 1963) is a Turkish actor and screenwriter.

Erol decided to become a physicist and enrolled in the Physics Department of Boğaziçi University after his high school physics teacher declared to his class that they were not fit to become physicists. Later, he switched to the School of Economics. He subsequently joined the Boğaziçi University Actors Club and appeared in theatre play for a long time before joining Açık Radio in 1997.^[1]

Due to his desire for becoming a stage actor, Erol studied theatre and taught acting lessons. Meanwhile, he joined the Stüdyo Oyuncuları Theatre in Nişantaşı. In 2008, aside from his career for Stüdyo Oyuncuları, he started to take his own play Karanlık Korkusu to stage and in 2014 played the leading role in Babamın Cesetleri at the Krek Theatre established in Bilgi University.^[2] Since 2000, he has written the script for TV series such as Bir İstanbul Masalı, Hırsız Polis and Bıçak Sırtı and has simultaneously appeared in various cinema and TV productions. He also worked as a voice actor for TRT.^[3]

• Babamın Cesetleri - 2012
• Karanlık Korkusu - 2008
• Oidipus Sürgünde - 2004

• 21st Afife Theatre Awards - "Most Successful Actor of the Year" - Vanya, Sonya, Maşa ve Spike - Tiyatro Pera - 2017^[4]