Tarık Akan [142766] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.2939 Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey Birthday: 1949-12-13 Deathday: 2016-09-16 Age: 66 years Movies: 111 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Ãœregül, 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 EÄŸilmez (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 YeÅŸilçam, he acted in 12 films a year in average. He appeared with Emel Sayın in Mavi Boncuk, Hülya KoçyiÄŸit in Sev KardeÅŸim, Hale Soygazi in Gece KuÅŸu 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. The Legend of th2017-09-14 Piano Girl2009-04-17 Vizontele Tuuba2004-01-23 Hayal Kurma Oyun2004-01-01 Abdulhamid Falli2003-04-18 Gülüm2003-02-07 After the Fall1999-01-01 The Letter1997-09-26 Antika Talanı: 1997-01-01 AÅŸk Ãœzerine SÃ1995-03-01 Çözülmeler1994-05-06 The Passenger1993-11-19 Siyabend and Xec1991-01-01 Bir Kadın Düş1991-01-01 Uzun Ä°nce Bir Y1991-01-01 Bir Küçük Bul1990-01-01 Devlerin ÖlümÃ1990-01-01 Berdel1990-01-01 Blackout Night1990-01-01 Layla, Ma Raison1989-02-03 Ä°sa, Musa, Mery1989-01-06 Ä°kili Oyunlar1989-01-01 El Kapıları1988-11-16 Kimlik1988-04-01 The Third Eye1988-01-01 Dönüş1988-01-01 Çark1987-04-23 Kızımın Kanı1987-01-01 Skandal1987-01-01 We Called Him th1987-01-01 YaÄŸmur Kaçakla1987-01-01 Su da Yanar1987-01-01 Acı Dünya1986-11-01 The Voice1986-01-02 Halkalı Köle1986-01-01 Adem ile Havva1986-01-01 Kıskıvrak1986-01-01 The Other Side o1986-01-01 Bir Avuç Cennet1985-10-29 Son Darbe1985-05-01 Blood1985-01-02 Tele Kızlar1985-01-01 Paramparça1985-01-01 The Stigma1984-12-31 The Wrestler1984-01-02 Yosma1984-01-01 Kayıp Kızlar1984-01-01 Alev Alev1984-01-01 Remedy1983-02-16 Çoçuklar Çiç1983-01-10 White Death1983-01-01 Gecenin Sonu1983-01-01 The Road1982-09-01 Kaçak1982-04-01 My Friend1982-02-01 Herhangi Bir Kad1981-09-14 Deli Kan1981-04-01 The Sacrifice1980-10-01 Seninle Son Defa1979-10-01 Kanal1979-03-01 The Herd1979-02-01 Demir Yol1979-01-01 The Mine1978-11-26 Lekeli Melek1978-10-01 The Girlfriend1977-04-01 My Dear Uncle1977-03-04 Åžeref Sözü1977-02-01 Bizim Kız1977-02-01 The Three Superb1977-02-01 The River1977-01-02 Baraj1977-01-01 AÅŸk DediÄŸin La1976-01-01 Kader BaÄŸlayın1976-01-01 Let It Be1976-01-01 Oh Where1975-11-19 Firefly1975-09-16 Our Family1975-09-07 The Chaos Class 1975-04-15 Delisin1975-04-04 Çapkın Hırsı1975-04-01 The Chaos Class1975-04-01 Evcilik Oyunu1975-01-08 Gece KuÅŸu Zehra1975-01-01 Memleketim1974-04-18 Esir Hayat1974-04-05 BoÅŸver ArkadaÅŸ1974-04-01 An Angel on Eart1974-02-01 Kanlı Deniz1974-01-03 Mahcup DelikanlÄ1974-01-02 Yaz Bekarı1974-01-01 The Blue Bead1974-01-01 Yalancı Yarim1973-12-01 Umut Dünyası1973-11-01 My Dear Brother1973-03-01 Bebek Yüzlü1973-02-01 Para1973-02-01 Feryat1973-01-01 Oh Olsun1973-01-01 Suçlu1972-11-15 Sev KardeÅŸim1972-06-26 Sisli Hatıralar1972-05-12 Kaderimin Oyunu1972-04-01 Vefasız1972-04-01 AÅŸkların En GÃ1972-04-01 Azad KuÅŸu1972-01-01 Üç Sevgili1972-01-01 Sweet Talker1972-01-01 Emine1971-04-01 BeyoÄŸlu Güzeli1971-03-01 Angel or Devil?1971-02-01 Solan Bir Yaprak1971-01-01