Tarık Akan
Acting
118 titles
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.
Filmography
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
We Hit The Road
2014
Piano Girl
2009
Ahh İstanbul
2006
Gece Yürüyüşü
2004
Vizontele Tuuba
2004
Hayal Kurma Oyunları
2004
Abdulhamid Falling
2003
Gülüm
2003
Koçum Benim
2002
After the Fall
1999
The Letter
1997
Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi
1997
Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
1995
Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
1995
Çözülmeler
1994
Siyaset Meydanı
1994
The Passenger
1993
Bir Kadın Düşmanı
1991
Siyabend and Xece
1991
Uzun İnce Bir Yol
1991
Blackout Night
1990
Berdel
1990
Devlerin Ölümü
1990
A Little Cloud
1990
Layla, Ma Raison
1989
İsa, Musa, Meryem
1989
İkili Oyunlar
1989
El Kapıları
1988
Kimlik
1988
Dönüş
1988
The Third Eye
1988
Çark
1987
Su da Yanar
1987
Kızımın Kanı
1987
Skandal
1987
Yağmur Kaçakları
1987
We Called Him the Ugly King
1987
Acı Dünya
1986
The Voice
1986
Halkalı Köle
1986
Adem ile Havva
1986
The Other Side of Beyoğlu
1986
Kıskıvrak
1986
Bir Avuç Cennet
1985
Son Darbe
1985
Blood
1985
To Pieces
1985
Tele Kızlar
1985
The Stigma
1984
The Wrestler
1984
Kayıp Kızlar
1984
Aflame
1984
Yosma
1984
Remedy
1983
Çocuklar Çiçektir - Kuduz
1983
White Death
1983
Gecenin Sonu
1983
The Road
1982
Kaçak
1982
My Friend
1982
Herhangi Bir Kadın
1981
Deli Kan
1981
The Sacrifice
1980
Seninle Son Defa
1979
Kanal
1979
Demir Yol
1979
The Mine
1978
Lekeli Melek
1978
The Herd
1978
The Girlfriend
1977
My Dear Uncle
1977
The Three Superboys in the Snow
1977
Our Girl
1977
Şeref Sözü
1977
The River
1977
Baraj
1977
Let It Be
1976
Kader Bağlayınca
1976
Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir
1976
Oh Where
1975
Firefly
1975
Our Family
1975
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
1975
You're Crazy
1975
The Chaos Class
1975
Çapkın Hırsız
1975
Playing House
1975
The Blue Bead
1975
Gece Kuşu Zehra
1975
My Homeland
1974
Esir Hayat
1974
Boşver Arkadaş
1974
An Angel on Earth
1974
Kanlı Deniz
1974
Mahcup Delikanlı
1974
Summer Single
1974
Golden Butterfly Awards
1973
Yalancı Yarim
1973
Umut Dünyası
1973
My Dear Brother
1973
Baby Face
1973
Para
1973
Oh Olsun
1973
Feryat
1973
Suçlu
1972
Sev Kardeşim
1972
Sisli Hatıralar
1972
Aşkların En Güzeli
1972
Vefasız
1972
Kaderimin Oyunu
1972
Sweet Talker
1972
Üç Sevgili
1972
Azad Kuşu
1972
Emine
1971
The Beauty of Beyoglu
1971
Angel or Devil?
1971
Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi
1971