Name
Tarık Akan
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1949-12-13
Deathday
2016-09-16 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
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.
Known For
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- 1976 The Chaos Class Failed the Class as Damat Ferit
- 2017 The Legend of the Ugly King as Self
- 1988 El Kapıları as Zeynel
- 2009 Piano Girl as Mişka
- 1987 Su da Yanar as Yönetmen
- 1973 My Dear Brother as Murat
- 1975 The Blue Bead as Yakışıklı Necmi
- 2003 Abdulhamid Falling as Mahmut Şevket Paşa
- 1995 Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
- 1975 The Chaos Class as Damat Ferit
- 2004 Vizontele Tuuba as Güner Sernikli
- 1999 After the Fall as Hüseyin Efe
- 1985 Son Darbe as Nazmi Yalçın
- 1983 White Death as Komiser Yılmaz Gürel
- 1972 Sweet Talker as Ferit
- 1973 Oh Olsun as Ferit Haznedar
- 1973 Yalancı Yarim as Ferdi
- 1989 Layla, Ma Raison as Mecnun
- 1991 Bir Kadın Düşmanı as Ziya
- 1979 Seninle Son Defa as Uğur
- 1986 Halkalı Köle as Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
- 1985 Blood as Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
- 1975 Oh Where as Ferit
- 1984 Kayıp Kızlar as Komiser Yılmaz
- 1975 Our Family as Ferit
- 1991 Siyabend and Xece as Siyabend
- 1975 Playing House as Adnan
- 1978 Lekeli Melek as Salih
- 1987 Kızımın Kanı as Cemil
- 1977 The River as Sinan
- 1989 İkili Oyunlar as Erol
- 1986 Adem ile Havva as Münir Kozan
- 1987 Skandal as Çetin
- 1986 The Voice as Adam
- 1997 Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi as Narrator
- 1984 The Wrestler as Bilal
- 1975 Firefly as Tarık
- 1983 Remedy as Şehmuz
- 1988 Dönüş as Berde
- 1982 The Road as Seyit Ali
- 1994 Çözülmeler as Uğur
- 1990 Blackout Night as Mustafa Ural
- 1991 Uzun İnce Bir Yol as Müşfik
- 1972 Sev Kardeşim as Ferit
- 1979 Kanal as Kaymakam
- 1977 The Three Superboys in the Snow as Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
- 1997 The Letter as Ragıp
- 1983 Gecenin Sonu as Kadir
- 1971 Emine as Metin
- 1978 The Herd as Şivan
- 1977 My Dear Uncle as Tarık
- 1973 Umut Dünyası as Ahmet
- 1977 Our Girl as Murat Boğa
- 1975 You're Crazy as Ferit
- 1978 The Mine as Nurettin
- 1976 Let It Be as Ferit
- 1972 Suçlu as Hakan
- 1973 Feryat as Ferdi
- 1990 Berdel as Ömer
- 1984 Aflame as Murat
- 1973 Baby Face as Bebek Yüzlü Murat
- 1971 The Beauty of Beyoglu as Ferit Aker
- 1974 Boşver Arkadaş as Ferit
- 1976 Kader Bağlayınca as Murat
- 1972 Üç Sevgili as Ali
- 1974 Summer Single as Orhan Güven
- 1980 The Sacrifice as Mümin
- 1985 Bir Avuç Cennet as Kamil
- 1976 Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir as Yakup
- 1977 Baraj as Orhan
- 1987 The Other Side of Beyoğlu as Haydar Rıza
- 1990 Devlerin Ölümü as Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
- 1987 Çark as Rauf
- 1975 Çapkın Hırsız as Orhan
- 1983 Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz as Topal Yakup
- 1986 Acı Dünya as Yusuf
- 1971 Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi as Murat Sayman
- 1975 Gece Kuşu Zehra as Ferit
- 1972 Aşkların En Güzeli
- 1982 Kaçak as Habip
- 1974 An Angel on Earth as Ömer Mutlu
- 1972 Vefasız as Halil
- 1972 Kaderimin Oyunu as Bülent Akman
- 1988 Kimlik as Sadettin
- 1977 The Girlfriend as Murat
- 1985 To Pieces as Tayfun
- 1981 Herhangi Bir Kadın as Bozovalı Cemal
- 1988 The Third Eye as Tunç
- 1971 Angel or Devil? as Sedat
- 1985 Tele Kızlar as Şahin
- 1986 Kıskıvrak as Yılmaz
- 1979 Demir Yol as Bülent
- 1984 Yosma as Kerem
- 1989 İsa, Musa, Meryem as Musa
- 1990 A Little Cloud as Saycan
- 1993 The Passenger as Makasçı
- 1984 The Stigma as Cengiz
- 1972 Azad Kuşu as Hakan
- 1972 Sisli Hatıralar as Hakan
- 1973 Para as Murat
- 1974 My Homeland as Mehmet
- 1974 Esir Hayat as Aydın
- 1974 Mahcup Delikanlı as Metin
- 1974 Kanlı Deniz as Ahmet
- 1982 My Friend as Ali
- 1981 Deli Kan as Sefer
- 2004 Hayal Kurma Oyunları as Baba
- 1987 Yağmur Kaçakları
- 2003 Gülüm
- 1977 Şeref Sözü as Sedat
- 1987 We Called Him the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
- 1995 Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
- 2014 We Hit The Road as Self
- 2006 Ahh İstanbul ( 11 episodes ) as Ahmet Zeybek
- 2004 Gece Yürüyüşü ( 14 episodes ) as Sinan
- 2002 Koçum Benim ( 47 episodes ) as Koç
- 1973 Golden Butterfly Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Winner
- 1994 Siyaset Meydanı ( 1 episode ) as Self - Interviewee
- 1994 Siyaset Meydanı ( 1 episode )
