Münir Özkul

Acting

Born 1925-08-15 Died 2018-01-05 İstanbul, Türkiye 174 credits State Artist 1 Golden Orange Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award 1 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards 1

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Won 1 State Artist Award

State Artist 1 won

— State Artist Won

Golden Orange Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award 1 won

— Golden Orange Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award Won

Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards 1 won

2015 Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards Won

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Münir Özkul (15 August 1925 – 5 January 2018) was a Turkish cinema and theatre actor. He has been awarded the title of "State Artist of Turkey" He completed his formal education at İstanbul Erkek Lisesi. Özkul starting his acting career at Bakırköy Halkevi theatre. Later he worked at Ankara State theatre and İstanbul Şehir theatre. He became famous after his role in Muhsin Ertuğrul's Fareler ve İnsanlar. From the 1950s onwards, he acted mostly in cinema. During the 1970s, he appeared in many films of the director Ertem Eğilmez like Hababam Sınıfı, Şabanoğlu Şaban, Mavi Boncuk, Banker Bilo, Namuslu. Many of these films paired him with the actress Adile Naşit. Other films include Edi ile Büdü, Halıcı Kız, Kalbimin Şarkısı, Miras Uğruna, Balıkçı Güzeli, Neşeli Günler, Gülen Yüzler, Gırgıriye, Görgüsüzler, Mavi Boncuk, Bizim Aile, Aile Şerefi. In the 1980s, he acted in some television series such as Uzaylı Zekiye, Ana Kuzusu ve Şaban ile Şirin. He has acted in a total of more than 400 films and theatre plays. Münir Özkul has married four times and he has three children. His second wife was actress Suna Selen. In 1998, he was awarded the title of "State Artist of Turkey" by the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Münir Özkul , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Münir Özkul

Awards

State Artist 1 won

Golden Orange Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award 1 won

Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Awards 1 won

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