
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.

Golden Butterfly Awards
TV • 1973

Siyaset Meydanı
TV • 1994

Siyaset Meydanı
TV • 1994

Koçum Benim
TV • 2002

Vizontele Tuuba
MOVIE • 2004

Çapkın Hırsız
MOVIE • 1975

The Road
MOVIE • 1982

Emine
MOVIE • 1971

Baraj
MOVIE • 1977

The Chaos Class
MOVIE • 1975

Berdel
MOVIE • 1990

Son Darbe
MOVIE • 1985

Blackout Night
MOVIE • 1990

Sweet Talker
MOVIE • 1972

The Blue Bead
MOVIE • 1974

Çark
MOVIE • 1987

The Mine
MOVIE • 1978

Ahh İstanbul
TV • 2006