Münir Özkul

Münir Özkul Profile Photo

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.

Career Overview

Münir Özkul has 168 screen credits in a career dating back to 1950. Their work spans 8 cinematic universes — most prominently The Chaos Class with 5 titles. Signature works include The Chaos Class, Kızlar Sınıfı, Neşeli Günler. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For
Acting
Gender
male
Known Credits
168
Birth Date
1925-08-15 00:00:00
Birth Place
İstanbul, Türkiye

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 8 universes

Frequent Collaborators

Credits

Content sources

Related entry on Wikidata (Q428250), public domain (CC0).