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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-08-15

Place of Birth

İstanbul, Türkiye

Münir Özkul

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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The Chaos Class

The Chaos Class

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives.

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Kızlar Sınıfı

Kızlar Sınıfı

In the film, which takes place between students and teachers in a girls' high school, İlyas replaces the teacher who was expelled from the school because he had a relationship with a female student. Students who do not forgive the expulsion of their previous teacher do their best to have İlyas fired as well.

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Girgiriye

Girgiriye

A bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner.

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Kanlı Nigar

Kanlı Nigar

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The Empty Frame

The Empty Frame

Beginning growing parting longing reuniting breaking and ending of the nostalgic forbidden love between a humble backwoodsman and a naive family girl is told through their secret letters and most private memories in narrative format.

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The Golden Cage

The Golden Cage

A love story between a chauffeur, a poor girl and a very rich woman.

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Billionaire

Billionaire

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

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Uzaylı Zekiye

Uzaylı Zekiye

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My Sweet Angel

My Sweet Angel

An ugly duckling transformation of a secretary who is madly in love with his boss and wants to take revenge for her wounded heart

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Yorgun Matador

Yorgun Matador

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Children of Heaven

Children of Heaven

The story of two hostile families.

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Sev Kardeşim

Sev Kardeşim

A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory.

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Gülünüz Güldürünüz

Gülünüz Güldürünüz

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Bilo the Banker

Bilo the Banker

Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.

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Son Hıçkırık

Son Hıçkırık

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