Tarık Akan

Acting · 1.2 popularity

Age

Movies

113

Born: December 13, 1949 – September 16, 2016
From: 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.

Works

113 films

The Chaos Class

19758.0

Umut Dünyası

19736.0

The Beauty of Beyoglu

19716.3

Sev Kardeşim

19726.6

Devlerin Ölümü

1990

The Road

19827.3

El Kapıları

19887.0

The Legend of the Ugly King

20177.0

Demir Yol

1979

İkili Oyunlar

19895.0

Bir Avuç Cennet

19858.5

Remedy

19836.0

Summer Single

19744.7

Son Darbe

1985

We Hit The Road

20149.0

Berdel

19907.5

Kanal

19796.3

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

19767.7

Vizontele Tuuba

20046.1

The Mine

19787.1

Kimlik

1988

Baraj

19775.4

Emine

19714.7

Sweet Talker

19726.5

The Other Side of Beyoğlu

19865.1

Azad Kuşu

1972

Blackout Night

19908.5

Kanlı Deniz

19747.0

Oh Olsun

19736.9

Feryat

1973

The Blue Bead

19757.5

Hayal Kurma Oyunları

200410.0

Dönüş

1988

After the Fall

19995.3

Çark

1987

Blood

19857.0

The Herd

19787.5

The Third Eye

19885.5

Our Girl

19775.5

Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris

199510.0

Herhangi Bir Kadın

19816.5

Çapkın Hırsız

19756.8

Piano Girl

20097.1

Abdulhamid Falling

20036.7

Angel or Devil?

19719.0

An Angel on Earth

19745.8

Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz

19836.8

Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey

199510.0

A Little Cloud

1990

Su da Yanar

19878.0

Halkalı Köle

1986

Aflame

19844.3

Kaçak

19828.0

İsa, Musa, Meryem

1989

Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir

19767.0

My Dear Brother

19738.3

Üç Sevgili

19724.5

Kıskıvrak

1986

The Stigma

19845.0

Siyabend and Xece

19918.0

White Death

198310.0

Oh Where

19756.9

Bir Kadın Düşmanı

19917.0

Our Family

19757.8

Adem ile Havva

19867.0

Yağmur Kaçakları

19875.0

My Dear Uncle

19776.6

We Called Him the Ugly King

198710.0

You're Crazy

19756.4

The Three Superboys in the Snow

19777.3

Deli Kan

198110.0

Mahcup Delikanlı

19744.0

Kayıp Kızlar

19841.0

Boşver Arkadaş

19747.5

Gece Kuşu Zehra

19751.0

Sisli Hatıralar

19724.5

The Wrestler

19845.8

Aşkların En Güzeli

1972

Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi

1997

Let It Be

19766.6

The Girlfriend

19772.0

Acı Dünya

19865.8

Tele Kızlar

19855.0

The Voice

19868.0

My Friend

19828.3

The Letter

19974.8

Gecenin Sonu

1983

Vefasız

19725.3

The River

19776.7

Şeref Sözü

1977

Esir Hayat

19749.0

My Homeland

19747.5

The Sacrifice

19808.0

The Passenger

19938.0

Firefly

19757.1

Çözülmeler

1994

To Pieces

19852.0

Kaderimin Oyunu

19729.0

Yalancı Yarim

19736.7

Yosma

1984

Gülüm

20039.0

Playing House

19755.8

Suçlu

19725.3

Baby Face

19735.5

Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi

19716.0

Kızımın Kanı

1987

Lekeli Melek

1978

Uzun İnce Bir Yol

19919.0

Seninle Son Defa

19798.0

Kader Bağlayınca

19764.0

Para

19733.0

Layla, Ma Raison

19899.0

Skandal

1987