ACTOR

Tarık Akan

1949 - 2016

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Tarık Akan (born Tarık Tahsin Üregül; 13 October 1949 – 16 September 2016) was a Turkish film actor and producer, who started his activity in the 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarık Akan has received more than 214,182 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Tarık Akan is the 3,214th most popular actor (up from 3,329th in 2019), the 838th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 955th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Tarık Akans by language

Over the past year Tarık Akan has had the most page views in the with 350,496 views, followed by English (31,094), and German (13,039). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Azerbaijani (37.72%), Turkish (23.70%), and Southern Azerbaijani (18.46%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Tarık Akan ranks 3,214 out of 13,578. Before him are Ken Ogata, Michael Weatherly, Linda Thorson, Richard Lynch, Fay Bainter, and Roselyn Sánchez. After him are Petra Schürmann, Debora Caprioglio, Jimmy Gardner, Lily Pons, Philip Jackson, and Benedict Wong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Tarık Akan ranks 309. Before him are Jim Varney, Zoran Slavnić, Ivan Buljan, Véronique Sanson, Volodymyr Ivasyuk, and Daniel Lavoie. After him are Simon Callow, Luís Pereira, Alan White, Minette Walters, Caroline Munro, and Nurit Peled-Elhanan. Among people deceased in 2016, Tarık Akan ranks 246. Before him are Vladica Kovačević, Harald Grønningen, Laura Mancinelli, Luis María Echeberría, Laurent Pokou, and Paul Bley. After him are Turgay Şeren, Banharn Silpa-archa, Ioannis Grivas, Nancy Mackay, Alan Thicke, and Leon Russell.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Tarık Akan ranks 838 out of 1,347. Before him are Deniz Gezmiş (1947), Can Yaman (1989), Adile Sultan (1826), Julia Cornelia Paula (300), Arif Mardin (1932), and Basil III of Constantinople (1846). After him are Selda Bağcan (1948), Turgay Şeren (1932), Daron Acemoglu (1967), Siamanto (1878), George Mouzalon (1220), and Hrachia Acharian (1876).

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Among ACTORS In Türkiye

Among actors born in Türkiye, Tarık Akan ranks 25. Before him are Adile Naşit (1930), Bergüzar Korel (1982), Fatma Girik (1942), Hande Erçel (1993), Engin Akyürek (1981), and Can Yaman (1989). After him are Vahram Papazian (1888), Charles Gérard (1922), Özcan Deniz (1972), Neslihan Atagül (1992), Demet Özdemir (1992), and Mehmet Günsür (1975).

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Television and Movie Roles

Oh Where
Ferit
Three boys are having their higher education in Istanbul (!). In fact, they are messing around and dealing with radical politics, girls and gamble. However the oldest discovers love, and the three realize it is time for change.
Nov 19o 19757.1 / 10
The Blue Bead
Yakışıklı Necmi
After being humiliated and kicked out from a music hall because they could not pay the bill, six ne'er-do-wells decide to kidnap the star performer Emel Sayın for revenge.
Jan 1o 19747.669 / 10
The Road
Seyit Ali
When five Kurdish prisoners are granted one week's home leave, they find to their dismay that they face continued oppression outside of prison from their families, the culture, and the government.
Sep 1o 19827.218 / 10