Tarık Akan

Tarık Akan

Date of Birth:

Dec 13, 1949

Place of Birth:

Istanbul, Turkey

Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül, 13 December 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. He acted in a total of 110 films, and won numerous awards from various festivals including Cannes and Berlin. He won an Honourable Mention at the 35th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Pehlivan. He entered a movie actor contest of the magazine Ses ("Voice"), and ended up runner up. He studied acting under the eye of famous Turkish film director Ertem Eğilmez (1929–1989). He made his film debut in 1970 at the age of 21 in Vefasız, and adopted the stage name "Tarık Akan". Between 1970 and 1975, in the heyday of Yeşilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya Koçyiğit in Sev Kardeşim, Hale Soygazi in Gece Kuşu Zehra, and entered into the "list of unforgettables" with Hababam Sınıfı. At first, most of his roles were in romantic comedies. Later in his career, he has taken on more political and dramatic roles. The first film of this genre was Nehir, in which he shared the role with Cüneyt Arkın. Political films like Maden, Sürü, Yol and Kanal followed.

filmography:

Çark Çark

1987

Kaçak Kaçak

1982

Kimlik Kimlik

1988

Baraj Baraj

1977

Alev Alev Alev Alev

1984

Berdel Berdel

1990

Feryat Feryat

1973

Suçlu Suçlu

1972

Vefasız Vefasız

1972

Esir Hayat Esir Hayat

1974

Memleketim Memleketim

1974

Para Para

1973

My Friend My Friend

1982

Gülüm Gülüm

2003

Deli Kan Deli Kan

1981

Azad Kuşu Azad Kuşu

1972

The Stigma The Stigma

1984

Yosma Yosma

1984

Demir Yol Demir Yol

1979

Let It Be Let It Be

1976

The Mine The Mine

1978

Oh Olsun Oh Olsun

1973

Blood Blood

1985

Our Family Our Family

1975

Oh Where Oh Where

1975

Piano Girl Piano Girl

2009

Son Darbe Son Darbe

1985

The Letter The Letter

1997

Kanal Kanal

1979

Emine Emine

1971

Bizim Kız Bizim Kız

1977

Delisin Delisin

1975

The Herd The Herd

1979

Skandal Skandal

1987

The Voice The Voice

1986

The River The River

1977

The Road The Road

1982

Dönüş Dönüş

1988

Remedy Remedy

1983

Firefly Firefly

1975

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