Tarık Akan

Acting

Born Dec 13, 1949

From İstanbul, Türkiye

Died Sep 16, 2016

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.

Tarık Akan

Known For

The Road

The Herd

Bizim Kız

The Three Superboys in the Snow

The Legend of the Ugly King

The Chaos Class

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

Deli Kan

After the Fall

My Friend

Filmography — Acting

The Road

The Herd

Bizim Kız

The Three Superboys in the Snow

The Legend of the Ugly King

The Chaos Class

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

Deli Kan

After the Fall

My Friend

Kader Bağlayınca

Çark

Tele Kızlar

Evcilik Oyunu

Vizontele Tuuba

The Passenger

The River

Oh Olsun

Sweet Talker

The Letter

Delisin

Kızımın Kanı

Abdulhamid Falling

Our Family

Acı Dünya

Oh Where

Kanal

Piano Girl

Blood

Çapkın Hırsız

Son Darbe

Sev Kardeşim

The Blue Bead

My Dear Brother

Yalancı Yarim

We Called Him the Ugly King

Remedy

Mahcup Delikanlı

Yosma

Yaz Bekârı

The Voice

The Girlfriend

The Other Side of Beyoğlu

Firefly

Beyoğlu Güzeli

Gülüm

Üç Sevgili

Layla, Ma Raison

Feryat

Aflame

An Angel on Earth

Emine

The Sacrifice

Dönüş

Paramparça

Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey

Angel or Devil?

Azad Kuşu

My Homeland

Demir Yol

Kıskıvrak

Seninle Son Defa

The Stigma

Lekeli Melek

Kaçak

Bir Avuç Cennet

The Wrestler