Yusuf Kenan Işık was born on October 1, 1947 in Yakınca, Yeşilyurt, Malatya. He is a Turkish actor, presenter, former journalist and former main news anchor. He is especially known for his television program Kim Millionaire Olmak İster.

The son of a retired civil servant from the State Railways, Kenan Işık started doing amateur theater at the Malatya People's House during his secondary school education, and then entered the Meydan Stage while studying in Ankara, where he completed his high school education. After graduating from Gazi University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration, Işık became an artist at the General Directorate of State Theaters in 1972.

Kenan Işık also served as the General Artistic Director of the City Theaters. The artist has written many theater plays during his career. In 1974, he started working as a columnist for the newspapers Resmî Gazete (1973-1995), Yeni Yüzyıl (1995-1998), Resmî Gazete again (1998-2000), Yeni Binyıl (2000) and Akşam (2000-2002). She appeared on television screens with the series "Nanny" starring Gülben Ergen and Haldun Dormen.

The name, who was the host of the Who Wants 500 Thousand, continued to host the Who Wants to be a Millionaire contest with its new name.

On March 21, 2014, Işık went into a sauna after exercising and lost his balance and hit his head on the floor. Işık was taken to the hospital unconscious and had a brain hemorrhage and was immediately taken into surgery. It was stated that the surgery lasted 4 hours and the artist was in life-threatening condition. The artist, who was in a coma for a while after the incident, is currently still being treated at home.