Tarık Akan
Biography
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

Golden Butterfly Awards

Siyaset Meydanı

Siyaset Meydanı

Ahh İstanbul

Koçum Benim

The Road

The Chaos Class Failed the Class

The Chaos Class
All Movies (113)
- The Legend of the Ugly King2017 · as Self
- We Hit The Road2014 · as Self
- Piano Girl2009 · as Mişka
- Vizontele Tuuba2004 · as Güner Sernikli
- Hayal Kurma Oyunları2004 · as Baba
- Abdulhamid Falling2003 · as Mahmut Şevket Paşa
- Gülüm2003
- After the Fall1999 · as Hüseyin Efe
- The Letter1997 · as Ragıp
- Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi1997 · as Narrator
- Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris1995
- Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey1995
- Çözülmeler1994 · as Uğur
- The Passenger1993 · as Makasçı
- Bir Kadın Düşmanı1991 · as Ziya
- Siyabend and Xece1991 · as Siyabend
- Uzun İnce Bir Yol1991 · as Müşfik
- Blackout Night1990 · as Mustafa Ural
- Berdel1990 · as Ömer
- Devlerin Ölümü1990 · as Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
- A Little Cloud1990 · as Saycan
- Layla, Ma Raison1989 · as Mecnun
- İsa, Musa, Meryem1989 · as Musa
- İkili Oyunlar1989 · as Erol
- El Kapıları1988 · as Zeynel
- Kimlik1988 · as Sadettin
- Dönüş1988 · as Berde
- The Third Eye1988 · as Tunç
- Çark1987 · as Rauf
- Su da Yanar1987 · as Yönetmen
- Kızımın Kanı1987 · as Cemil
- Skandal1987 · as Çetin
- Yağmur Kaçakları1987
- We Called Him the Ugly King1987 · as Self (archive footage)
- Acı Dünya1986 · as Yusuf
- The Voice1986 · as Adam
- Halkalı Köle1986 · as Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
- Adem ile Havva1986 · as Münir Kozan
- The Other Side of Beyoğlu1986 · as Haydar Rıza
- Kıskıvrak1986 · as Yılmaz
- Bir Avuç Cennet1985 · as Kamil
- Son Darbe1985 · as Nazmi Yalçın
- Blood1985 · as Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
- To Pieces1985 · as Tayfun
- Tele Kızlar1985 · as Şahin
- The Stigma1984 · as Cengiz
- The Wrestler1984 · as Bilal
- Kayıp Kızlar1984 · as Komiser Yılmaz
- Aflame1984 · as Murat
- Yosma1984 · as Kerem
- Remedy1983 · as Şehmuz
- Çocuklar Çiçektir - Kuduz1983 · as Topal Yakup
- White Death1983 · as Komiser Yılmaz Gürel
- Gecenin Sonu1983 · as Kadir
- The Road1982 · as Seyit Ali
- Kaçak1982 · as Habip
- My Friend1982 · as Ali
- Herhangi Bir Kadın1981 · as Bozovalı Cemal
- Deli Kan1981 · as Sefer
- The Sacrifice1980 · as Mümin
- Seninle Son Defa1979 · as Uğur
- Kanal1979 · as Kaymakam
- Demir Yol1979 · as Bülent
- The Mine1978 · as Nurettin
- Lekeli Melek1978 · as Salih
- The Herd1978 · as Şivan
- The Girlfriend1977 · as Murat
- My Dear Uncle1977 · as Tarık
- The Three Superboys in the Snow1977 · as Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
- Our Girl1977 · as Murat Boğa
- Şeref Sözü1977 · as Sedat
- The River1977 · as Sinan
- Baraj1977 · as Orhan
- The Chaos Class Failed the Class1976 · as Damat Ferit
- Let It Be1976 · as Ferit
- Kader Bağlayınca1976 · as Murat
- Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir1976 · as Yakup
- Oh Where1975 · as Ferit
- Firefly1975 · as Tarık
- Our Family1975 · as Ferit
- You're Crazy1975 · as Ferit
- The Chaos Class1975 · as Damat Ferit
- Çapkın Hırsız1975 · as Orhan
- Playing House1975 · as Adnan
- The Blue Bead1975 · as Yakışıklı Necmi
- Gece Kuşu Zehra1975 · as Ferit
- My Homeland1974 · as Mehmet
- Esir Hayat1974 · as Aydın
- Boşver Arkadaş1974 · as Ferit
- An Angel on Earth1974 · as Ömer Mutlu
- Kanlı Deniz1974 · as Ahmet
- Mahcup Delikanlı1974 · as Metin
- Summer Single1974 · as Orhan Güven
- Yalancı Yarim1973 · as Ferdi
- Umut Dünyası1973 · as Ahmet
- My Dear Brother1973 · as Murat
- Baby Face1973 · as Bebek Yüzlü Murat
- Para1973 · as Murat
- Oh Olsun1973 · as Ferit Haznedar
- Feryat1973 · as Ferdi
- Suçlu1972 · as Hakan
- Sev Kardeşim1972 · as Ferit Çalışkan
- Sisli Hatıralar1972 · as Hakan
- Kaderimin Oyunu1972 · as Bülent Akman
- Aşkların En Güzeli1972
- Vefasız1972 · as Halil
- Sweet Talker1972 · as Ferit
- Üç Sevgili1972 · as Ali
- Azad Kuşu1972 · as Hakan
- Emine1971 · as Metin
- The Beauty of Beyoglu1971 · as Ferit Aker
- Angel or Devil?1971 · as Sedat
- Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi1971 · as Murat Sayman
All TV Shows (6)
- Ahh İstanbul2006 · as Ahmet Zeybek
- Gece Yürüyüşü2004 · as Sinan
- Koçum Benim2002 · as Koç
- Siyaset Meydanı1994 · as Self - Interviewee
- Siyaset Meydanı1994
- Golden Butterfly Awards1973 · as Self - Winner