Tarık Akan

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-12-13 (67 years old)

Deathday

2016-09-16

Place of Birth

Istanbul, Turkey

Tarık Akan

Biography

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". Be...

Acting

1988

El Kapıları

as Zeynel

2009

Piano Girl

as Mişka

1987

Su da Yanar

as Yönetmen

1973

1974

The Blue Bead

as Yakışıklı Necmi

2003

Abdulhamid Falling

as Mahmut Şevket Paşa

1975

The Chaos Class

as Damat Ferit

2004

Vizontele Tuuba

as Güner Sernikli

1999

After the Fall

as Hüseyin Efe

1985

Son Darbe

as Nazmi

1983

White Death

as Komiser Yılmaz Gürel

1973

1973

Oh Olsun

as Ferit Haznedar

1972

Sweet Talker

as Ferit

1989

1979

1986

Halkalı Köle

as Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı

1985

Blood

as Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa

1975

Oh Where

as Ferit

1984

Kayıp Kızlar

as Komiser Yılmaz

1975

Our Family

as Ferit

1991

1975

1978

Lekeli Melek

as Salih

1987

1977

The River

as Sinan

1989

1987

Skandal

as Çetin

1986

Adem ile Havva

as Münir Kozan

1986

The Voice

as Adam

1984

The Wrestler

as Bilal

1975

Firefly

as Tarık

1983

Remedy

as Şehmuz

1988

Dönüş

as Berde

1982

The Road

as Seyit Ali

1990

Blackout Night

as Mustafa Ural

1994

1991

1972

Sev Kardeşim

as Ferit Çalışkan

1979

Kanal

as Kaymakam

1977

The Three Superboys in the Snow

as Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer

1997

The Letter

as Ragıp

1983

Gecenin Sonu

as Kadir

1971

Emine

as Metin

1979

The Herd

as Şivan

1977

My Dear Uncle

as Tarık

1973

1977

Bizim Kız

as Murat Boğa

1975

Delisin

as Ferit

1978

The Mine

as Nurettin

1976

Let It Be

as Ferit

1972

Suçlu

as Hakan

1973

Feryat

as Ferdi

1984

Aflame

as Murat

1990

Berdel

as Ömer

1973

Baby Face

as Bebek Yüzlü Murat

1971

Beyoğlu Güzeli

as Ferit Aker

1974

1976

1972

1974

Yaz Bekârı

as Orhan Güven

1980

The Sacrifice

as Mümin

1985

1977

Baraj

as Orhan

1986

1990

Devlerin Ölümü

as Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa

1987

Çark

as Rauf

1975

1986

Acı Dünya

as Yusuf

1983

Çoçuklar Çiçektir

as Topal Yakup

1971

Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi

as Murat Sayman

1975

1972

Vefasız

as Halil

1974

An Angel on Earth

as Ömer Mutlu

1982

1988

Kimlik

as Sadettin

1972

Kaderimin Oyunu

as Bülent Akman

1977

1985

Paramparça

as Tayfun

1981

Herhangi Bir Kadın

as Bozovalı Cemal

1988

1971

1985

Tele Kızlar

as Şahin

1986

Kıskıvrak

as Yılmaz

1979

Demir Yol

as Bülent

1984

Yosma

as Kerem

1990

1993

The Passenger

as Makasçı

1984

The Stigma

as Cengiz

1972

Azad Kuşu

as Hakan

1974

Memleketim

as Mehmet

1972

1973

Para

as Murat

1974

Esir Hayat

as Aydın

1974

Kanlı Deniz

as Ahmet

1974

1982

My Friend

as Ali

1981

Deli Kan

as Sefer

1977

1987

We Called Him the Ugly King

as Self (archive footage)

Production

2012

Afrodisias

as Director

1988

The Third Eye

as Co-Producer

1987

Çark

as Writer

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