Tarık Akan

Tarık Akan (66)

1949-12-13 - 2016-09-16 | 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.

On Movies

  • Piano Girl
  • Vizontele Tuuba
  • Abdulhamid Falling
  • After the Fall
  • The Letter
  • Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
  • The Passenger
  • Bir Kadın Düşmanı
  • Siyabend and Xece
  • Blackout Night
  • Berdel
  • Devlerin Ölümü
  • A Little Cloud
  • Layla, Ma Raison
  • İsa, Musa, Meryem
  • Kimlik
  • The Third Eye
  • Çark
  • Su da Yanar
  • Kızımın Kanı
  • Yağmur Kaçakları
  • Acı Dünya
  • The Voice
  • Halkalı Köle
  • The Other Side of Beyoğlu
  • Kıskıvrak
  • Bir Avuç Cennet
  • Son Darbe
  • Blood
  • Paramparça
  • Tele Kızlar
  • The Stigma
  • The Wrestler
  • Kayıp Kızlar
  • Aflame
  • Yosma
  • Remedy
  • Çoçuklar Çiçektir
  • White Death
  • Gecenin Sonu
  • The Road
  • Kaçak
  • My Friend
  • Deli Kan
  • Seninle Son Defa
  • Kanal
  • The Herd
  • Demir Yol
  • The Mine
  • Lekeli Melek
  • The Girlfriend
  • My Dear Uncle
  • The Three Superboys in the Snow
  • Bizim Kız
  • Şeref Sözü
  • The River
  • Baraj
  • Let It Be
  • Kader Bağlayınca
  • Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir
  • Oh Where
  • Firefly
  • Our Family
  • The Chaos Class Failed the Class
  • Delisin
  • The Chaos Class
  • Çapkın Hırsız
  • Evcilik Oyunu
  • The Blue Bead
  • Gece Kuşu Zehra
  • Esir Hayat
  • An Angel on Earth
  • Kanlı Deniz
  • Mahcup Delikanlı
  • Yaz Bekârı
  • Umut Dünyası
  • My Dear Brother
  • Baby Face
  • Para
  • Oh Olsun
  • Suçlu
  • Sev Kardeşim
  • Sisli Hatıralar
  • Kaderimin Oyunu
  • Vefasız
  • Sweet Talker
  • Üç Sevgili
  • Azad Kuşu
  • Emine
  • Angel or Devil?
  • Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi

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