İzzet Günay

Acting

İzzet Günay

Born 1934-08-21 · Üsküdar, İstanbul

İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor. He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades. Günay studied at Haydarpaşa High School and Deniz High School. He worked at the İstanbul Municipal Public Works department and then in the lignite business. Günay answered a casting call in a newspaper and ended up being cast in Haldun Dormen's play Kara Ağaçlar Altında. He then appeared in several other plays such as Sokak Kızı İrma, and Pasifik Şarkısı Zafer Madalyası. In 1959, Günay made his film debut in the Kemal Film production Kırık Plak as Zeki Müren's driver. After a number of small roles, he landed the main role in Varan Bir. For a short time, he had a musical career in classical music. He won the Best Actor award at the Antalya Golden Orange Festival for his role in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür in 1964.

Acting credits

Cici Kızlar poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cici Kızlar

1965

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür poster
9.0

Turkish adaptation of Alejandro Casona's classic play Los Árboles Mueren De Pie.

Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür

1964

Fatoş'un Bebekleri poster
7.0

Suat and Haşmet are business partners. Suat is a conservative man and the president of the Association for the Protection, Promotion, and Elevation of Morality. His wife, Fatoş, makes fun of her husband's seriousness and his work. Suat's partner, Haşmet, is a womanizer. Suat goes on a business trip. During this time, Haşmet's business meeting at a nightclub turns into a dinner alone with Fatoş. However, when Suat learns that his wife is having dinner alone with someone, he hires "the sleuth without a badge" Sami Külyutmaz to investigate the matter.

Fatoş'un Bebekleri

1962

Asfalt Rıza poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Asfalt Rıza

1964

Osman Killed Me poster
7.5

After the death of a wealhty man, family members are gather in the mansion to receive the hereditary share. The police enters the circuit after some mysterious deaths in the mansion.

Osman Killed Me

1963

Mr E. poster
3.6

A television news anchorman, İsmet Berkan goes on a journey with his wife. Along the journey, out of the blue they start fighting. When he confesses that he cheated on her, she gets mad. Enraged, Leyla gets out of the car, enters a gas station and takes off with a man in a red sports car. Trying to track down his wife, the anchorman finds himself trapped in a bizarre world in the midst of murderers, cops and beautiful women.

Mr E.

1995

Beyoğlu Esrarı poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beyoğlu Esrarı

1966

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Duyun Beni

Öpüşmek Yasak poster
7.0

Burhan and Kemal are minibus drivers in Şile. These drivers, who never get along, decide to buy new minibuses. Burhan orders from his sons Kaya and Naci, who are studying in Istanbul. Kemal also orders from his daughters Oya and Sema in Istanbul. With their new minibuses, a fierce competition will begin between the two drivers.

Öpüşmek Yasak

1964

Kısmet poster
8.0

A series of events unfolding around a wealthy man who pretends to be someone else in order to win the heart of a female singer.

Kısmet

1974

Umit Street poster
10.0

The film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich. Selim and Ali are friends. Ali wants to earn money and marry Lale, while Selim wants to escape from their neighborhood and poverty. Necdet, a mafia boss, once lived on Ümit Street, where Selim and Ali reside. Selim and Ali go to Necdet to ask for work. Necdet gives each of them a thousand lira and tells them to come back in five months with ten thousand lira. The two friends will get to know each other better during their individual struggles for survival.

Umit Street

1966

Barut Fıçısı poster
10.0

Osman is the son of factory owner Rüknettin Bey. Rüknettin Bey started his business career as a traveling salesman and quickly rose to become one of the wealthiest men in the country. His wife Bedia aims to take control of the entire fortune by marrying their son Osman to a girl from her own family. Fed up with his son Osman's womanizing ways, Rüknettin Bey tells him to choose the girl he wants to marry within a month. While the girls from Bedia's family circle around Osman, Rüknettin Bey's niece, nicknamed "Barut Fıçısı" (Gunpowder Barrel), also has her eye on Osman.

Barut Fıçısı

1963

Ayrılık Saati poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ayrılık Saati

1967

Sefiller poster
6.0

Zafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey.

Sefiller

1967

My Prostitute Love poster
7.7

Halil the greengrocer goes to a nightclub with his friends one day to break the monotony of his life. There he meets Sabiha, one of the women working at the club. They fall in love at first sight and begin living together. While Sabiha is making plans for the future with Halil, she learns a truth about him that she didn't know, and the forbidden love that began at the nightclub turns into a dead end filled with lies.

My Prostitute Love

1968

The Bread Seller Woman poster
6.0

Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.

The Bread Seller Woman

1965

Acemi Çapkın poster
8.0

The film tells the story of Sıtkı Bey, who lives a different life during the day and at night. Sıtkı Bey, who owns a typing course, is a quiet and cold man who is not interested in women. This attitude also affects his students. However, Sıtkı Bey takes on a different character at night. He does not remember what he does at night during the day. Due to his nocturnal escapades, he gains many enemies. When his escapades become known, the typing course will also be in danger.

Acemi Çapkın

1964

Fakir Kızı Leyla poster
9.0

Fikret, an heir, is forced to marry Leyla, the daughter of his mother's former housekeeper, in order to avoid being disinherited.

Fakir Kızı Leyla

1969

Hayat Acıları poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Hayat Acıları

1967

Death Toll poster
8.0

An honest cop is trying to rescue a girl who is stuck in decadence and prostitution.

Death Toll

1964

The Evening Sun poster
9.0

Nazmi, who was an officer in the military, was injured in the Korean War and retired. He wants to spend the rest of his life on a farm away from city life and settles with his wife on the farm. But the arrival of Jülide to the farm changes all the balances.

The Evening Sun

1966

Some Like it Hot poster
7.0

Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of city. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise themselves as women and struggle to keep their identities secret as the gangsters close in.

Some Like it Hot

1964

Garibanlar Mahallesi poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Garibanlar Mahallesi

1969

Mothers and Daughters poster
6.0

A tricotage worker Nese who becomes very popular singer and Anatolian woman, Fatma. The story of them and their daughters.

Mothers and Daughters

1971