Tarık Akan
1949-12-13 ( 75 years old ) in Istanbul, Turkey

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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The Legend of the Ugly King 2017-09-14
Piano Girl 2009-04-17
Vizontele Tuuba 2004-01-23
Hayal Kurma Oyunları 2004-01-01
Abdulhamid Falling 2003-04-18
Gülüm 2003-02-07
After the Fall 1999-01-01
The Letter 1997-09-26
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi 1997-01-01
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris 1995-12-12
Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey 1995-03-01
Çözülmeler 1994-05-06
The Passenger 1993-11-19
Bir Kadın Düşmanı 1991-01-01
Siyabend and Xece 1991-01-01
Uzun İnce Bir Yol 1991-01-01
Blackout Night 1990-01-01
Berdel 1990-01-01
Devlerin Ölümü 1990-01-01
Bir Küçük Bulut 1990-01-01
Layla, Ma Raison 1989-02-03
İsa, Musa, Meryem 1989-01-06
İkili Oyunlar 1989-01-01
El Kapıları 1988-11-16
Kimlik 1988-04-01
Dönüş 1988-01-01
The Third Eye 1988-01-01
Çark 1987-04-23
Su da Yanar 1987-01-01
Kızımın Kanı 1987-01-01
Skandal 1987-01-01
Yağmur Kaçakları 1987-01-01
We Called Him the Ugly King 1987-01-01
Acı Dünya 1986-11-01
The Voice 1986-01-02
Halkalı Köle 1986-01-01
Adem ile Havva 1986-01-01
The Other Side of Beyoğlu 1986-01-01
Kıskıvrak 1986-01-01
Bir Avuç Cennet 1985-10-29
Son Darbe 1985-05-01
Blood 1985-01-02
Paramparça 1985-01-01
Tele Kızlar 1985-01-01
The Stigma 1984-12-31
The Wrestler 1984-01-02
Kayıp Kızlar 1984-01-01
Alev Alev 1984-01-01
Yosma 1984-01-01
Remedy 1983-02-16
Çoçuklar Çiçektir 1983-01-10
White Death 1983-01-01
Gecenin Sonu 1983-01-01
The Road 1982-09-01
Kaçak 1982-04-01
My Friend 1982-02-01
Herhangi Bir Kadın 1981-09-14
Deli Kan 1981-04-01
The Sacrifice 1980-10-01
Seninle Son Defa 1979-10-01
Kanal 1979-03-01
The Herd 1979-02-01
Demir Yol 1979-01-01
The Mine 1978-11-26
Lekeli Melek 1978-10-01
The Girlfriend 1977-04-01
My Dear Uncle 1977-03-04
The Three Superboys in the Snow 1977-02-01
Bizim Kız 1977-02-01
Şeref Sözü 1977-02-01
The River 1977-01-02
Baraj 1977-01-01
Let It Be 1976-01-01
Kader Bağlayınca 1976-01-01
Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir 1976-01-01
Oh Where 1975-11-19
Firefly 1975-09-16
Our Family 1975-09-07
The Chaos Class Failed the Class 1975-04-15
Delisin 1975-04-04
The Chaos Class 1975-04-01
Çapkın Hırsız 1975-04-01
Evcilik Oyunu 1975-01-08
Gece Kuşu Zehra 1975-01-01
Memleketim 1974-04-18
Esir Hayat 1974-04-05
Boşver Arkadaş 1974-04-01
An Angel on Earth 1974-02-01
Kanlı Deniz 1974-01-03
Mahcup Delikanlı 1974-01-02
The Blue Bead 1974-01-01
Yaz Bekarı 1974-01-01
Yalancı Yarim 1973-12-01
Umut Dünyası 1973-11-01
My Dear Brother 1973-03-01
Bebek Yüzlü 1973-02-01
Para 1973-02-01
Oh Olsun 1973-01-01
Feryat 1973-01-01
Suçlu 1972-11-15
Sev Kardeşim 1972-06-26
Sisli Hatıralar 1972-05-12
Kaderimin Oyunu 1972-04-01
Aşkların En Güzeli 1972-04-01
Vefasız 1972-04-01
Sweet Talker 1972-01-01
Üç Sevgili 1972-01-01
Azad Kuşu 1972-01-01
Emine 1971-04-01
Beyoğlu Güzeli 1971-03-01
Angel or Devil? 1971-02-01
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi 1971-01-01

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