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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Chaos Class (1975) — Damat Ferit
2. The Chaos Class Failed the Class (1976) — Damat Ferit
3. The Road (1982) — Seyit Ali
4. Vizontele Tuuba (2004) — Güner Sernikli
5. The Blue Bead (1975) — Yakışıklı Necmi
6. Our Family (1975) — Ferit
7. My Dear Brother (1973) — Murat
8. Oh Where (1975) — Ferit
9. Oh Olsun (1973) — Ferit Haznedar
10. The Herd (1978) — Şivan
11. You're Crazy (1975) — Ferit
12. Sweet Talker (1972) — Ferit
13. Firefly (1975) — Tarık
14. Yalancı Yarim (1973) — Ferdi
15. Sev Kardeşim (1972) — Ferit
16. Piano Girl (2009) — Mişka
17. The Mine (1978) — Nurettin
18. The Wrestler (1984) — Bilal
19. Let It Be (1976) — Ferit
20. Remedy (1983) — Şehmuz
21. My Dear Uncle (1977) — Tarık
22. Our Girl (1977) — Murat Boğa
23. Koçum Benim (2002) — Koç
24. Aflame (1984) — Murat
25. Baraj (1977) — Orhan
26. The Other Side of Beyoğlu (1986) — Haydar Rıza
27. Kanal (1979) — Kaymakam
28. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017) — Self
29. The River (1977) — Sinan
30. The Three Superboys in the Snow (1977) — Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
31. The Beauty of Beyoglu (1971) — Ferit Aker
32. Blackout Night (1990) — Mustafa Ural
33. Emine (1971) — Metin
34. Boşver Arkadaş (1974) — Ferit
35. Summer Single (1974) — Orhan Güven
36. Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz (1983) — Topal Yakup
37. My Friend (1982) — Ali
38. Abdulhamid Falling (2003) — Mahmut Şevket Paşa
39. Playing House (1975) — Adnan
40. The Sacrifice (1980) — Mümin

Directed

1. Afrodisias (2012) — Director
2. Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri (2016) — Director