He studied acting at the Academy 35 Buçuk Sanat Evi and began his professional career in theater.
[2] He also worked as an assistant to Civan Canova on the play Kızıl Ötesi Aydınlık, and to Vahide Perçin on Otobüs.
After becoming well-known in Turkey, in summer 2014 he got a role on Star TV's series Güzel Köylü playing the character of "Cemal".
Cankat shared the leading role with Gizem Karaca, Mehmet Ali Nuroğlu and Ahmet Mümtaz Taylan.
In November 2015, he was cast as "İskender (Alex)" on the historic series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, produced by Tims Productions for Star TV.