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Tarık Akan
İstanbul, Türkiye
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 1…
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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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2017
The Legend of the Ugly King
Movie Self
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2016
Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri
Movie Director
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2014
We Hit The Road
Movie Self
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2012
Afrodisias
Movie Director
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2009
Piano Girl
Movie Mişka
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2006
Ahh İstanbul
TV show Ahmet Zeybek
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2004
Gece Yürüyüşü
TV show Sinan
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2004
Vizontele Tuuba
Movie Güner Sernikli
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2004
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
Movie Baba
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2003
Abdulhamid Falling
Movie Mahmut Şevket Paşa
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2003
Gülüm
Movie
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2002
Koçum Benim
TV show Koç
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1999
After the Fall
Movie Hüseyin Efe
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1997
The Letter
Movie Ragıp
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1997
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
Movie Narrator
- 1995
More credits
- 1995
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1994
Çözülmeler
Movie Uğur
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1994
Siyaset Meydanı
TV show Self - Interviewee
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1993
The Passenger
Movie Makasçı
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1991
Uzun İnce Bir Yol
Movie Müşfik
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1991
Siyabend and Xece
Movie Siyabend
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1991
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
Movie Ziya
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1990
Blackout Night
Movie Mustafa Ural
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1990
Berdel
Movie Ömer
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1990
Devlerin Ölümü
Movie Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
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1990
A Little Cloud
Movie Saycan
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1989
Layla, Ma Raison
Movie Mecnun
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1989
İsa, Musa, Meryem
Movie Musa
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1989
İkili Oyunlar
Movie Erol
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1988
El Kapıları
Movie Zeynel
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1988
Kimlik
Movie Sadettin
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1988
The Third Eye
Movie Tunç
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1988
Dönüş
Movie Berde
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1987
Çark
Movie Rauf
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1987
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
Movie Haydar Rıza
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1987
Su da Yanar
Movie Yönetmen
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1987
Yağmur Kaçakları
Movie
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1987
We Called Him the Ugly King
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1987
Kızımın Kanı
Movie Cemil
