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.

Known For	Acting
Most Rating	8.636
Birthday	1949-12-13
Place of Birth	Istanbul, Turkey
Also Known As	Tarik Akan,

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

Piano Girl

The Mine

Su da Yanar

The Blue Bead

My Dear Brother

Abdulhamid Falling

The Chaos Class

Vizontele Tuuba

After the Fall

Tatlı Dillim

Oh Olsun

Oh Where

Our Family

Evcilik Oyunu

Emine

İkili Oyunlar

The Voice

The Wrestler

Firefly

Remedy

Dönüş

Blackout Night

Çözülmeler

Sev Kardeşim

Kanal

The Road

The Three Superboys in the Snow

The Letter

Yalancı Yarim

Gecenin Sonu

The River

My Dear Uncle

Umut Dünyası

The Herd

Delisin

Bizim Kız

Boşver Arkadaş

Let It Be

Suçlu

Feryat

Beyoğlu Güzeli

Berdel

Alev Alev

Bebek Yüzlü

Kader Bağlayınca

Üç Sevgili

Yaz Bekarı

Bir Avuç Cennet

The Sacrifice

Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir

Baraj

The Other Side of Beyoğlu

Devlerin Ölümü

Çark

Çapkın Hırsız

Çoçuklar Çiçektir

Acı Dünya

Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi

Gece Kuşu Zehra

Kaçak

Vefasız

Kaderimin Oyunu

Aşkların En Güzeli

An Angel on Earth

Kimlik

The Girlfriend

Paramparça

Herhangi Bir Kadın

The Third Eye

Tele Kızlar

Angel or Devil?

Kıskıvrak

Demir Yol

Yosma

İsa, Musa, Meryem

Bir Küçük Bulut

The Passenger

The Stigma

Memleketim