Tarık Akan
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.
Acting
Movie
The Chaos Class
as Damat Ferit
1975
Movie
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
as Damat Ferit
1975
Movie
The Road
as Seyit Ali
1982
Movie
Vizontele Tuuba
as Güner Sernikli
2004
Movie
The Blue Bead
as Yakışıklı Necmi
1975
Movie
Our Family
as Ferit
1975
Movie
My Dear Brother
as Murat
1973
Movie
Oh Where
as Ferit
1975
Movie
Oh Olsun
as Ferit Haznedar
1973
Movie
The Herd
as Şivan
1978
Movie
You're Crazy
as Ferit
1975
Movie
Sweet Talker
as Ferit
1972
Movie
Firefly
as Tarık
1975
Movie
Yalancı Yarim
as Ferdi
1973
Movie
Sev Kardeşim
as Ferit Çalışkan
1972
Movie
Piano Girl
as Mişka
2009
Movie
The Mine
as Nurettin
1978
Movie
The Wrestler
as Bilal
1984
Movie
Let It Be
as Ferit
1976
Movie
Remedy
as Şehmuz
1983
Movie
My Dear Uncle
as Tarık
1977
Movie
Our Girl
as Murat Boğa
1977
TV
Koçum Benim
as Koç
2002
Movie
Aflame
as Murat
1984
