Tarık Akan
Age: N/A | From: Istanbul, Turkey
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Tarik Akan , Tarık Tahsin Üregül
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Istanbul, Turkey
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Movie Involvements: 81
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
My Dear Brother
(1973) Murat
The Road
(1982) Seyit Ali
Ahh İstanbul
(2006) Ahmet Zeybek
Gece Yürüyüşü
(2004) Sinan
The Herd
(1979) Sivan
Skandal
(1987) Çetin
The Wrestler
(1984) Bilal
Seninle Son Defa
(1979) UğurActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2009 | Mişka | |
| 2006 | Ahmet Zeybek | |
| 2004 | Sinan | |
| Güner Sernikli | ||
| Baba | ||
| 2003 | Mahmut Şevket Paşa | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Koç | |
| 1999 | Hüseyin Efe | |
| 1997 | Ragıp | |
| Narrator | ||
| 1995 | N/A | |
| 1994 | Uğur | |
| 1993 | Makasçı | |
| 1991 | Ziya | |
| Siyabend | ||
| Müşfik | ||
| 1990 | Mustafa Ural | |
| Ömer | ||
| Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa | ||
| Saycan | ||
| 1989 | Mecnun | |
| Musa | ||
| Erol | ||
| 1988 | Zeynel | |
| Sadettin | ||
| Berde | ||
| Tunç | ||
| 1987 | Rauf | |
| Yönetmen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Çetin | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1986 | Yusuf | |
| Adam | ||
| Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı | ||
| Münir Kozan | ||
| Haydar Rıza | ||
| Yılmaz | ||
| 1985 | Kamil | |
| Nazmi | ||
| Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa | ||
| Tayfun | ||
| Şahin | ||
| 1984 | Cengiz | |
| Bilal | ||
| Komiser Yılmaz | ||
| Murat | ||
| Kerem | ||
| 1983 | Şehmuz | |
| Topal Yakup | ||
| Komiser Yılmaz Gürel | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1982 | Seyit Ali | |
| N/A | ||
| Ali | ||
| 1981 | Bozovalı Cemal | |
| N/A | ||
| 1980 | Mümin | |
| 1979 | Uğur | |
| Sivan | ||
| N/A | ||
| Bülent | ||
| 1978 | N/A | |
| Nurettin | ||
| Sedat | ||
| 1977 | Murat | |
| Tarık | ||
| Ömer / Fintonto | ||
| Murat Boğa | ||
| Sinan | ||
| Orhan | ||
| 1976 | Ferit | |
| Murat | ||
| Yakup | ||
| 1975 | Ferit | |
| Tarık | ||
| Ferit | ||
| Damat Ferit | ||
| Ferit | ||
| Damat Ferit | ||
| Orhan | ||
| Adnan | ||
| Ferit | ||
| 1974 | Mehmet | |
| Aydın | ||
| Ferit | ||
| Ömer Mutlu | ||
| Ahmet | ||
| Metin | ||
| Yakışıklı Necmi | ||
| Orhan Güven | ||
| 1973 | Ferdi | |
| Ahmet | ||
| Murat | ||
| Bebek Yüzlü Murat | ||
| Murat | ||
| Ferit Haznedar | ||
| Ferdi | ||
| 1972 | Hakan | |
| Ferit Çalışkan | ||
| Hakan | ||
| Bülent Akman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Halil | ||
| Ferit | ||
| Ali | ||
| Hakan | ||
| 1971 | Metin | |
| Ferit Aker | ||
| Sedat | ||
| Murat Sayman | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Director | |
| 2012 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Producer | |
| 1988 | Co-Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |