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Tarık Akan

13 Dec, 1949 in Istanbul, Turkey

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.

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Tarik Akan

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El Kapıları
70% (1988)
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Piano Girl
68% (2009)
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Su da Yanar
0% (1987)
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Son Darbe
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Oh Olsun
70% (1973)
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Blood
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Oh Where
69% (1975)
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Lekeli Melek
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The Voice
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The Wrestler
58% (1984)
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Firefly
69% (1975)
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Remedy
55% (1983)
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Dönüş
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The Road
72% (1982)
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Kanal
58% (1979)
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The Letter
35% (1997)
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Emine
45% (1971)
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The Herd
73% (1979)
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Bizim Kız
54% (1977)
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Delisin
65% (1975)
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The Mine
69% (1978)
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Let It Be
64% (1976)
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Suçlu
40% (1972)
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Feryat
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Berdel
65% (1990)
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Bebek Yüzlü
40% (1974)
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Boşver Arkadaş
70% (1974)
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Üç Sevgili
30% (1972)
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Yaz Bekarı
47% (1974)
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Baraj
50% (1977)
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Çark
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Acı Dünya
52% (1986)
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Kaçak
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An Angel on Earth
47% (1974)
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Vefasız
45% (1972)
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Kimlik
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Paramparça
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Angel or Devil?
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Tele Kızlar
10% (1985)
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Demir Yol
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The Stigma
50% (1984)
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Azad Kuşu
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Para
30% (1973)
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Memleketim
67% (1974)
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Esir Hayat
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Kanlı Deniz
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My Friend
90% (1982)
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Deli Kan
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Gülüm
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