Tarık Akan

Tarık Akan

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.

Acting

2004

Vizontele Tuuba

Güner Sernikli

2003

Abdulhamid Falling

Mahmut Şevket Paşa

1999

After the Fall

Hüseyin Efe

1995

1993

The Passenger

Makasçı

1991

1990

Berdel

Ömer

1990

1990

Devlerin Ölümü

Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa

1989

1989

1988

1987

Çark

Rauf

1987

1987

Su da Yanar

Yönetmen

1987

1986

1986

1986

Halkalı Köle

Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı

1986

1986

1985

1985

1985

Blood

Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa

1985

1985

1984

1984

Aflame

Murat

1984

Kayıp Kızlar

Komiser Yılmaz

1983

Remedy

Şehmuz

1983

1983

1982

The Road

Seyit Ali

1982

Kaçak

Habip

1981

1979

1979

Kanal

Kaymakam

1979

The Herd

Şivan

1978

1978

Expresul de Buftea

Self - Winner

1977

1977

1977

The Three Superboys in the Snow

Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer

1977

Bizim Kız

Murat Boğa

1976

1976

1976

1975

1975

Firefly

Tarık

1975

1975

1975

Delisin

Ferit

1975

1975

The Chaos Class

Damat Ferit

1975

1975

1974

The Blue Bead

Yakışıklı Necmi

1974

Yaz Bekârı

Orhan Güven

1973

1973

1973

Para

Murat

1973

Baby Face

Bebek Yüzlü Murat

1973

Oh Olsun

Ferit Haznedar

1972

Suçlu

Hakan

1972

Sev Kardeşim

Ferit Çalışkan

1972

1972

1972

1971

Emine

Metin

1971

1963

Samurai Pirate

Ahmet Zeybek

Production

1988

The Third Eye

Co-Producer

Writing

1987

Çark

Writer

Infos

Full Name
Tarık Akan
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
12/13/1949
Date of Death
9/16/2016
Also Known As

Tarik Akan

Tarık Tahsin Üregül