Tarık Akan

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Age

Movies

113

Born: December 13, 1949 – September 16, 2016
From: İstanbul, Türkiye

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.

Works

113 films

The Chaos Class

19758.0

Umut Dünyası

19736.0

The Beauty of Beyoglu

19716.3

The Road

19827.3

Sev Kardeşim

19726.6

Devlerin Ölümü

1990

The Legend of the Ugly King

20177.0

Bir Avuç Cennet

19858.5

İkili Oyunlar

19895.0

El Kapıları

19887.0

Summer Single

19744.7

Remedy

19836.0

Demir Yol

1979

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

19767.7

Vizontele Tuuba

20046.1

Son Darbe

1985

We Hit The Road

20149.0

Baraj

19775.4

Oh Olsun

19736.9

Kanal

19796.3

After the Fall

19995.3

The Mine

19787.1

Blackout Night

19908.5

Kimlik

1988

The Other Side of Beyoğlu

19865.1

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

199510.0

Çark

1987

Sweet Talker

19726.5

Kanlı Deniz

19747.0

The Blue Bead

19757.5

Emine

19714.7

Piano Girl

20097.1

Halkalı Köle

1986

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

200410.0

Blood

19857.0

Azad Kuşu

1972

Angel or Devil?

19719.0

Çapkın Hırsız

19756.8

Berdel

19907.5

Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz

19836.8

The Herd

19787.5

Feryat

1973

Dönüş

1988

The Third Eye

19885.5

An Angel on Earth

19745.8

Herhangi Bir Kadın

19816.5

A Little Cloud

1990

Our Girl

19775.5

Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey

199510.0

İsa, Musa, Meryem

1989

Su da Yanar

19878.0

Kaçak

19828.0

Deli Kan

198110.0

Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir

19767.0

Bir Kadın Düşmanı

19917.0

Oh Where

19756.9

Siyabend and Xece

19918.0

Sisli Hatıralar

19724.5

My Dear Brother

19738.3

Our Family

19757.8

White Death

198310.0

Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi

1997

The Three Superboys in the Snow

19777.3

The Passenger

19938.0

The Letter

19974.8

Esir Hayat

19749.0

Boşver Arkadaş

19747.5

Let It Be

19766.6

The Sacrifice

19808.0

Acı Dünya

19865.8

Aflame

19844.3

Üç Sevgili

19724.5

You're Crazy

19756.4

Kaderimin Oyunu

19729.0

Kayıp Kızlar

19841.0

The River

19776.7

Firefly

19757.1

Mahcup Delikanlı

19744.0

Vefasız

19725.3

My Homeland

19747.5

To Pieces

19852.0

We Called Him the Ugly King

198710.0

Yağmur Kaçakları

19875.0

Kıskıvrak

1986

Tele Kızlar

19855.0

Abdulhamid Falling

20036.7

Şeref Sözü

1977

The Stigma

19845.0

Gece Kuşu Zehra

19751.0

Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi

19716.0

Playing House

19755.8

Adem ile Havva

19867.0

Baby Face

19735.5

Gecenin Sonu

1983

Çözülmeler

1994

The Girlfriend

19772.0

Gülüm

20039.0

My Friend

19828.3

Seninle Son Defa

19798.0

Aşkların En Güzeli

1972

Suçlu

19725.3

The Wrestler

19845.8

The Voice

19868.0

My Dear Uncle

19776.6

Kızımın Kanı

1987

Yalancı Yarim

19736.7

Yosma

1984

Uzun İnce Bir Yol

19919.0

Kader Bağlayınca

19764.0

Para

19733.0

Lekeli Melek

1978

Skandal

1987

Layla, Ma Raison

19899.0