Tarık Akan
Acting
Born 1949-12-13
Died 2016-09-16
İstanbul, Türkiye
120 credits
Golden Orange Life Achievement Award 1
Awards
Won 1 Golden Orange Life Achievement Award Award
Golden Orange Life Achievement Award 1 won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
Siyaset Meydanı
Golden Butterfly Awards
Ahh İstanbul
Koçum Benim
The Chaos Class
The Road
Sev Kardeşim
The Beauty of Beyoglu
Umut Dünyası
Demir Yol
Vizontele Tuuba
Gece Yürüyüşü
Devlerin Ölümü
El Kapıları
İkili Oyunlar
After the Fall
Kanal
Sweet Talker
The Blue Bead
Kimlik
The Legend of the Ugly King
Kanlı Deniz
We Hit The Road
Remedy
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
Bir Avuç Cennet
Baraj
Berdel
Çark
Oh Olsun
The Third Eye
Azad Kuşu
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
Halkalı Köle
The Herd
Emine
Dönüş
The Mine
Summer Single
Son Darbe
Our Family
Abdulhamid Falling
My Dear Brother
Blackout Night
Angel or Devil?
Blood
Aflame
Herhangi Bir Kadın
An Angel on Earth
Our Girl
Yalancı Yarim
Sisli Hatıralar
Boşver Arkadaş
Su da Yanar
Feryat
Kaderimin Oyunu
Oh Where
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Directing
1 credit
Producing
1 credit
Writing
1 credit
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