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Tarık Akan

Profession
Acting
Born
December 13, 1949 · İstanbul, Türkiye
Died
September 16, 2016

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". 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.

Known for

The Chaos Class poster
The Chaos Class
Film · 1975 · ★ 8.0
The Chaos Class Failed the Class poster
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
Film · 1976 · ★ 7.6
The Road poster
The Road
Film · 1982 · ★ 7.3
Vizontele Tuuba poster
Vizontele Tuuba
Film · 2004 · ★ 6.1
The Blue Bead poster
The Blue Bead
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.5
Our Family poster
Our Family
Film · 1975 · ★ 7.8
My Dear Brother poster
My Dear Brother
Film · 1973 · ★ 8.3
Oh Where poster
Oh Where
Film · 1975 · ★ 6.9
Oh Olsun poster
Oh Olsun
Film · 1973 · ★ 6.8
The Herd poster
The Herd
Film · 1978 · ★ 7.5
You're Crazy poster
You're Crazy
Film · 1975 · ★ 6.4
Sweet Talker poster
Sweet Talker
Film · 1972 · ★ 6.5

Filmography