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Münir Özkul

Acting Born Aug 15, 1925 İstanbul, Türkiye 24 credits

Biography

Münir Özkul (15 August 1925 – 5 January 2018) was a Turkish cinema and theatre actor. He has been awarded the title of "State Artist of Turkey" He completed his formal education at İstanbul Erkek Lisesi. Özkul starting his acting career at Bakırköy Halkevi theatre. Later he worked at Ankara State theatre and İstanbul Şehir theatre. He became famous after his role in Muhsin Ertuğrul's Fareler ve İnsanlar. From the 1950s onwards, he acted mostly in cinema. During the 1970s, he appeared in many films of the director Ertem Eğilmez like Hababam Sınıfı, Şabanoğlu Şaban, Mavi Boncuk, Banker Bilo, Namuslu. Many of these films paired him with the actress Adile Naşit. Other films include Edi ile Büdü, Halıcı Kız, Kalbimin Şarkısı, Miras Uğruna, Balıkçı Güzeli, Neşeli Günler, Gülen Yüzler, Gırgıriye, Görgüsüzler, Mavi Boncuk, Bizim Aile, Aile Şerefi. In the 1980s, he acted in some television series such as Uzaylı Zekiye, Ana Kuzusu ve Şaban ile Şirin. He has acted in a total of more than 400 films and theatre plays. Münir Özkul has married four times and he has three children. His second wife was actress Suna Selen. In 1998, he was awarded the title of "State Artist of Turkey" by the Turkish Ministry of Culture. Description above from the Wikipedia article Münir Özkul , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Film

The Chaos Class

as Kel Mahmut
Film

Girgiriye

as Emin
Film

Smiling Eyes

as Yaşar

Full filmography

  • Reyting Hamdi (1995)
  • Kızlar Sınıfı (1984) as Mahmut Hoca
  • The Chaos Class (1975) as Kel Mahmut
  • Kanlı Nigar (1968) as Abdi
  • İşte Hayat (1974)
  • Girgiriye (1981) as Emin
  • A Nation Awakens (1966) as Tilki Onbasi
  • Billionaire (1986) as Mahmut
  • The Beauty of Beyoglu (1971)
  • Children of Heaven (1977) as Hasan
  • A Song to Long For (1953)
  • Lale Devri (1951) as Kuyumcubaşı Şa'bân Çelebi
  • Bilo the Banker (1980) as Hasan
  • Sev Kardeşim (1972)
  • Smiling Eyes (1977) as Yaşar
  • Son Hıçkırık (1971)
  • The Empty Frame (1969)
  • Talih Kuşu (1982) as Mahmut Güney
  • Neşeli Günler (1978) as Kazim
  • Oh Olsun (1973) as Burhan Usta, Alev'in babası
  • Bizim Sokak (1982) as Rüstem
  • Uzaylı Zekiye (1987) as Seyit
  • Aile Pansiyonu (1987) as Murtaza
  • Yayla Kartalı (1968) as Hasan