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.

Фільмографія

• 2016Atatürk'ün Alev Çiçekleri — Director
• 2012Afrodisias — Director
• 2009Piano Girl — Mişka
• Ahh İstanbul — Ahmet Zeybek
• Gece Yürüyüşü — Sinan
• 2004Hayal Kurma Oyunları — Baba
• 2004Vizontele Tuuba — Güner Sernikli
• 2003Abdulhamid Falling — Mahmut Şevket Paşa
• 2003Gülüm
• Koçum Benim — Koç
• 1999After the Fall — Hüseyin Efe
• 1997Antika Talanı: Karun Hazinesi — Narrator, Producer
• 1997The Letter — Ragıp
• 1995Aşk Üzerine Söylenmemiş Her Şey
• 1995Yılmaz Güney: Adana-Paris
• 1994Çözülmeler — Uğur
• 1993The Passenger — Makasçı
• 1991Bir Kadın Düşmanı — Ziya
• 1991Siyabend and Xece — Siyabend
• 1991Uzun İnce Bir Yol — Müşfik
• 1990A Little Cloud — Saycan
• 1990Berdel — Ömer
• 1990Blackout Night — Mustafa Ural
• 1990Devlerin Ölümü — Cemal/Hoca/Dilaver/Ağa
• 1989Layla, Ma Raison — Mecnun
• 1989İkili Oyunlar — Erol
• 1989İsa, Musa, Meryem — Musa
• 1988Dönüş — Berde
• 1988El Kapıları — Zeynel
• 1988Kimlik — Sadettin
• 1988The Third Eye — Tunç, Co-Producer
• 1987Kızımın Kanı — Cemil
• 1987Skandal — Çetin
• 1987Su da Yanar — Yönetmen
• 1987The Other Side of Beyoğlu — Haydar Rıza
• 1987Yağmur Kaçakları
• 1987Çark — Rauf, Writer
• 1986Acı Dünya — Yusuf
• 1986Adem ile Havva — Münir Kozan
• 1986Halkalı Köle — Sefer/Yazar/Matbaacı
• 1986Kıskıvrak — Yılmaz
• 1986The Voice — Adam
• 1985Bir Avuç Cennet — Kamil
• 1985Blood — Haydar Ali/Seyit Ağa
• 1985Son Darbe — Nazmi Yalçın
• 1985Tele Kızlar — Şahin
• 1985To Pieces — Tayfun
• 1984Aflame — Murat
• 1984Kayıp Kızlar — Komiser Yılmaz
• 1984The Stigma — Cengiz
• 1984The Wrestler — Bilal
• 1984Yosma — Kerem
• 1983Gecenin Sonu — Kadir
• 1983Remedy — Şehmuz
• 1983White Death — Komiser Yılmaz Gürel
• 1983Çocuklar Çiçektir: Kuduz — Topal Yakup
• 1982Kaçak — Habip
• 1982My Friend — Ali
• 1982The Road — Seyit Ali
• 1981Deli Kan — Sefer
• 1981Herhangi Bir Kadın — Bozovalı Cemal
• 1980The Sacrifice — Mümin
• 1979Demir Yol — Bülent
• 1979Kanal — Kaymakam
• 1979Seninle Son Defa — Uğur
• 1978Lekeli Melek — Salih
• 1978The Herd — Şivan
• 1978The Mine — Nurettin
• 1977Baraj — Orhan
• 1977My Dear Uncle — Tarık
• 1977Our Girl — Murat Boğa
• 1977Savage Police — Murat
• 1977The River — Sinan
• 1977The Three Superboys in the Snow — Fintonto/Fırıldık Ömer
• 1977Şeref Sözü — Sedat
• 1976Aşk Dediğin Laf Değildir — Yakup
• 1976Kader Bağlayınca — Murat
• 1976Let It Be — Ferit
• 1976The Chaos Class Failed the Class — Damat Ferit
• 1975Firefly — Tarık
• 1975Gece Kuşu Zehra — Ferit
• 1975Oh Where — Ferit
• 1975Our Family — Ferit
• 1975Playing House — Adnan
• 1975The Blue Bead — Yakışıklı Necmi
• 1975The Chaos Class — Damat Ferit
• 1975You're Crazy — Ferit
• 1975Çapkın Hırsız — Orhan
• 1974An Angel on Earth — Ömer Mutlu
• 1974Boşver Arkadaş — Ferit
• 1974Esir Hayat — Aydın
• 1974Kanlı Deniz — Ahmet
• 1974Mahcup Delikanlı — Metin
• 1974My Homeland — Mehmet
• 1974Summer Single — Orhan Güven
• 1973Baby Face — Bebek Yüzlü Murat
• 1973Feryat — Ferdi
• 1973My Dear Brother — Murat
• 1973Oh Olsun — Ferit Haznedar
• 1973Para — Murat
• 1973Umut Dünyası — Ahmet
• 1973Yalancı Yarim — Ferdi
• 1972Azad Kuşu — Hakan
• 1972Aşkların En Güzeli
• 1972Kaderimin Oyunu — Bülent Akman
• 1972Sev Kardeşim — Ferit
• 1972Sisli Hatıralar — Hakan
• 1972Suçlu — Hakan
• 1972Sweet Talker — Ferit
• 1972Vefasız — Halil
• 1972Üç Sevgili — Ali
• 1971Angel or Devil? — Sedat
• 1971Emine — Metin
• 1971Solan Bir Yaprak Gibi — Murat Sayman
• 1971The Beauty of Beyoglu — Ferit Aker

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (5)

• 2017The Legend of the Ugly King — Self
• 2014We Hit The Road — Self
• Siyaset Meydanı — Self - Interviewee
• 1987We Called Him the Ugly King — Self (archive footage)
• Golden Butterfly Awards — Self - Winner