Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 13, 1949
Died
Sep 16, 2016
Place of Birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
Credits
120 titles
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". 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
Filmography
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self
Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri
Director
We Hit The Road
Self
Afrodisias
Director
Piano Girl
Mişka
Ahh İstanbul
Ahmet Zeybek
Gece Yürüyüşü
Sinan
Vizontele Tuuba
Güner Sernikli
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
Baba
Abdulhamid Falling
Mahmut Şevket Paşa
Gülüm
Koçum Benim
Koç
After the Fall
Hüseyin Efe
The Letter
Ragıp
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
Narrator
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
Çözülmeler
Uğur
Siyaset Meydanı
Self - Interviewee
The Passenger
Makasçı
Siyabend and Xece
Siyabend
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Ziya
Uzun İnce Bir Yol
Müşfik
Devlerin Ölümü
Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
Blackout Night
Mustafa Ural
Berdel
Ömer
A Little Cloud
Saycan
Layla, Ma Raison
Mecnun
İsa, Musa, Meryem
Musa
İkili Oyunlar
Erol
El Kapıları
Zeynel
Kimlik
Sadettin
Dönüş
Berde
The Third Eye
Tunç
Çark
Rauf
Su da Yanar
Yönetmen
We Called Him the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)
Skandal
Çetin
Kızımın Kanı
Cemil
Yağmur Kaçakları
Acı Dünya
Yusuf
The Voice
Adam
Halkalı Köle
Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
Haydar Rıza
Adem ile Havva
Münir Kozan
Kıskıvrak
Yılmaz
Bir Avuç Cennet
Kamil
Son Darbe
Nazmi Yalçın
Blood
Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
To Pieces
Tayfun