Tarık Akan
Actor
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.
As Director
Filmography
The Chaos Class
as Damat Ferit 1975
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
as Damat Ferit 1975
The Road
as Seyit Ali 1982
Vizontele Tuuba
as Güner Sernikli 2004
The Blue Bead
as Yakışıklı Necmi 1974
Our Family
as Ferit 1975
My Dear Brother
as Murat 1973
Oh Where
as Ferit 1975
Oh Olsun
as Ferit Haznedar 1973
The Herd
as Şivan 1979
Sweet Talker
as Ferit 1972
Delisin
as Ferit 1975
Firefly
as Tarık 1975
Yalancı Yarim
as Ferdi 1973
Sev Kardeşim
as Ferit Çalışkan 1972
The Mine
as Nurettin 1978
Piano Girl
as Mişka 2009