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Tarık Akan
Born · December 13, 1949
Died · September 16, 2016 (66 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Istanbul, Turkey
Bio
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.
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self
7.0
2017
Piano Girl
Mişka
6.8
2009
Ahh İstanbul
Ahmet Zeybek · (11 episodes)
3.0
2006
Gece Yürüyüşü
Sinan · (14 episodes)
0.0
2004
Vizontele Tuuba
Güner Sernikli
6.2
2004
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
Baba
10.0
2004
Abdulhamid Falling
Mahmut Şevket Paşa
6.4
2003
Gülüm
0.0
2003
Koçum Benim
Koç · (47 episodes)
6.4
2002
After the Fall
Hüseyin Efe
3.7
1999
The Letter
Ragıp
3.5
1997
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
Narrator
0.0
1997
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
0.0
1995
Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
0.0
1995
Çözülmeler
Uğur
0.0
1994
The Passenger
Makasçı
0.0
1993
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Ziya
0.0
1991
Siyabend and Xece
Siyabend
0.0
1991
Uzun İnce Bir Yol
Müşfik
0.0
1991
Blackout Night
Mustafa Ural
8.2
1990
Berdel
Ömer
6.5
1990
Devlerin Ölümü
Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
0.0
1990
Bir Küçük Bulut
Saycan
0.0
1990
Layla, Ma Raison
Mecnun
0.0
1989
İsa, Musa, Meryem
Musa
0.0
1989
İkili Oyunlar
Erol
5.0
1989
El Kapıları
Zeynel
7.0
1988
Kimlik
Sadettin
0.0
1988
Dönüş
Berde
0.0
1988
The Third Eye
Tunç
4.0
1988
Çark
Rauf
0.0
1987
Su da Yanar
Yönetmen
0.0
1987
Kızımın Kanı
Cemil
0.0
1987
Skandal
Çetin
0.0
1987
Yağmur Kaçakları
4.0
1987
We Called Him the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1987
Acı Dünya
Yusuf
5.2
1986
The Voice
Adam
0.0
1986
Halkalı Köle
Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
0.0
1986
Adem ile Havva
Münir Kozan
5.0
1986
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
Haydar Rıza
5.2
1986
Kıskıvrak
Yılmaz
0.0
1986
Bir Avuç Cennet
Kamil
8.0
1985
Son Darbe
Nazmi
0.0
1985
Blood
Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
0.0
1985
Paramparça
Tayfun
2.0
1985
Tele Kızlar
Şahin
1.0
1985
The Stigma
Cengiz
5.0
1984
The Wrestler
Bilal
5.8
1984
Kayıp Kızlar
Komiser Yılmaz
1.0
1984
Alev Alev
Murat
4.0
1984
Yosma
Kerem
0.0
1984
Remedy
Şehmuz
5.5
1983
Çoçuklar Çiçektir
Topal Yakup
6.4
1983
White Death
Komiser Yılmaz Gürel
0.0
1983
Gecenin Sonu
Kadir
0.0
1983
The Road
Seyit Ali
7.3
1982
Kaçak
0.0
1982
My Friend
Ali
9.0
1982
Herhangi Bir Kadın
Bozovalı Cemal
5.0
1981
Deli Kan
Sefer
0.0
1981
The Sacrifice
Mümin
7.5
1980
Seninle Son Defa
Uğur
0.0
1979
Kanal
Kaymakam
5.8
1979
The Herd
Şivan
7.3
1979
Demir Yol
Bülent
0.0
1979
The Mine
Nurettin
6.9
1978
Lekeli Melek
Salih
0.0
1978
Şeref Sözü
Sedat
0.0
1978
The Girlfriend
Murat
2.0
1977
My Dear Uncle
Tarık
6.4
1977
The Three Superboys in the Snow
Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
7.6
1977
Bizim Kız
Murat Boğa
5.4
1977
The River
Sinan
6.2
1977
Baraj
Orhan
5.0
1977
Let It Be
Ferit
6.4
1976
Kader Bağlayınca
Murat
0.0
1976
Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir
Yakup
7.0
1976
Oh Where
Ferit
6.9
1975
Firefly
Tarık
6.9
1975
Our Family
Ferit
7.7
1975
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
Damat Ferit
7.9
1975
Delisin
Ferit
6.5
1975
The Chaos Class
Damat Ferit
7.9
1975
Çapkın Hırsız
Orhan
6.0
1975
Evcilik Oyunu
Adnan
6.2
1975
Gece Kuşu Zehra
Ferit
1.0
1975
Memleketim
Mehmet
6.7
1974
Esir Hayat
Aydın
0.0
1974
Boşver Arkadaş
Ferit
7.0
1974
An Angel on Earth
Ömer Mutlu
4.7
1974
Kanlı Deniz
Ahmet
0.0
1974
Mahcup Delikanlı
Metin
0.0
1974
The Blue Bead
Yakışıklı Necmi
7.6
1974
Yaz Bekarı
Orhan Güven
4.7
1974
Yalancı Yarim
Ferdi
6.7
1973
Umut Dünyası
Ahmet
6.0
1973
My Dear Brother
Murat
8.3
1973
Bebek Yüzlü
Bebek Yüzlü Murat
4.0
1973
Para
Murat
3.0
1973
Oh Olsun
Ferit Haznedar
7.0
1973
Feryat
Ferdi
0.0
1973
Suçlu
Hakan
4.0
1972
Sev Kardeşim
Ferit Çalışkan
6.5
1972
Sisli Hatıralar
Hakan
2.0
1972
Kaderimin Oyunu
Bülent Akman
0.0
1972
Aşkların En Güzeli
0.0
1972
Vefasız
Halil
4.5
1972
Sweet Talker
Ferit
6.5
1972
Üç Sevgili
Ali
3.0
1972
Azad Kuşu
Hakan
0.0
1972
Emine
Metin
4.5
1971
Beyoğlu Güzeli
Ferit Aker
5.6
1971
Angel or Devil?
Sedat
0.0
1971
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi
Murat Sayman
3.0
1971