Metin Akpınar

Acting

Metin Akpınar

Born 1942-11-02 · Istanbul, Turkey

Born in 1942, Metin Akpinar started acting at the age of 20 with an amateur dramatics society. He landed his first professional stage role two years later, in 1964, and this was followed by performances in several leading theatre productions. In 1967, he co-founded the Devekusu Theatre, Turkey's first cabaret theatre. His film career took off in 1972, when he acted in the first of several Ertem Egilmez comedies to follow. Soon after, he developed an enduring screen partnership with the actor and director, Zeki Alasya, the two gaining popularity as a pair of comic dimwits. It was only in the 1990s that Akpinar, by now an experienced actor, broke away and decided to go his own way in film, theatre and television alike.

Acting credits

Borrowed Bride poster
6.3

Ali is 18. His feet are firmly off the ground. The very idea of marriage seems like a game. But the bride's parents are ready and willing. Business ventures will be set up between the families; the arrangement will pay off all round. Ali, meanwhile, is more interested in playing with puppets and dressing up as a rooster for the travelling theatre. His fiancée has only so much patience... So what should his parents do? What was that? Hire a Borrowed Bride? Meaning exactly what? Well just that: borrow a bride, as the title of the film suggests......

Borrowed Bride

2005

Baş Belası poster
6.1

No synopsis available yet.

Baş Belası

1982

Büyük Kabare poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Büyük Kabare

1982

Namus Düşmanı poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Namus Düşmanı

1986

Petrol Kings poster
5.9

Zeki and Metin are two close friends who want to get married with the girls they love but they are both broke. One day they find petrol from their garden and everything changes. They become rich by selling the petrol that they found in their garden. The value of the house triples all of a sudden.

Petrol Kings

1978

Propaganda poster
6.6

Based on a true story set in 1948, customs officer Mehti is faced with the duty of formally setting up the border between Turkey and Syria, dividing his hometown. He is unaware of the pain that will eminently unfold, as families, languages, cultures and lovers are both ripped apart and clash head on in a village once united.

Propaganda

1999

All Mixed Up poster
3.6

Determined to wed his girlfriend, an earnest boyfriend goes off the beaten path to seek the blessing of her father, who has been missing for years.

All Mixed Up

2018

Ve perde! poster
6.5

A film on Haldun Taner, a respectable, democratic intellectual and a brilliant author of political essays, various genres and kinds of literary texts and especially theatre plays all of which have been a masterpiece in Turkey art history.

Ve perde!

2016

Rus Gelin poster
4.5

The world champion archer, who comes from Moldova, one of the poorest countries in the Eastern Bloc, wants to compete on behalf of Turkey. To do so, she must be married to a Turkish man. The federation president intervenes and decides to arrange a formal marriage. For this purpose, a former wrestler is persuaded to be the groom. After the comical marriage, events will take a rather amusing turn. Zeki Alasya, who directed the film, once again appears on screen with Metin Akpınar, effectively responding to speculation that they are estranged.

Rus Gelin

2003

Dönme Dolap poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Dönme Dolap

1983

My Dear Brother poster
8.3

Two poor men try to find a television as a last wish for the terminally ill brother of one of them.

My Dear Brother

1973

Reklamlar poster
7.0

From print media to television, from the streets to the highways, our entire environment has become inundated with advertising. Even our homes are now ruled by advertising. We eat advertising, we drink advertising. From prize-winning chewing gum to installment plans for white goods, from lottery tickets to promotions for effective cleaning products, we are completely immersed in advertising! This irresistible phenomenon, which targets the audience defined as "media," manipulates our subconscious, and is transforming us into an increasingly consumerist society.

Reklamlar

1988

Oh Olsun poster
6.9

A tycoon tries to teach some life lessons to his three spoiled sons by making them work on the floor of his factory, where one of them falls in love.

Oh Olsun

1973

The Stupid Millionaire poster
7.5

The funny treasure hunt of 4 rural brothers in Istanbul, after the recent death of their father who left them a treasure map as heritage.

The Stupid Millionaire

1974

Patron Duymasın poster
5.6

A fun comedy about two young people working at the same place who fight back against their boss who treats his employees badly.

Patron Duymasın

1985

Eve Giden Yol 1914 poster
4.4

During the years when World War I began to turn the Ottoman Empire's territories into a war zone, the pain of a great love story that unfolded in southeastern Anatolia and present-day Syria burned as fiercely as the war itself in the hearts of those involved. Mahmut leaves his home, abandoning everything—including the person he loves—because he refuses to commit murder. After being caught up in the relentless war raging across Anatolian lands and fighting for years in the struggle for liberation, he sets out to return home. His sole desire is to reunite with the one he was forced to leave behind and to seek revenge for the injustice he suffered years ago.

Eve Giden Yol 1914

2006

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu poster
7.6

As they say, dreams are worth the world. This is such a journey, back to the days of old Istanbul and the heart of Istanbul, Beyoğlu, a journey back in time. The humorous story of Beyoğlu, from the beauty that brings a smile to your face with clean memories and nostalgic dreams to the decadence of today's arabesque.

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu

1984

Prohibitions poster
8.5

It is a Zeki-Metin comedy that satirizes the bans in the Republic of Turkey.

Prohibitions

1984

The Blue Bead poster
7.5

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.

The Blue Bead

1975

Sweet Talker poster
6.6

Ferit is a basketball player from Istanbul. One day, at a camp he attends, he meets Emine, a village teacher. They fall in love at first sight and get married, but the spell is broken when Ferit's friends from the city arrive.

Sweet Talker

1972

There is a Lion in Every Heart poster
6.3

A janitor, caretaker and the other two friends who, despite years of primary school, which is highly overage in order to get the story of their struggle

There is a Lion in Every Heart

1976

Şaka Yapma poster
6.3

The film tells the story of a young man who contracts a terminal illness and becomes a commercial star. Zeki supports his family by driving a taxi. After being hit by a car, he is taken to the hospital for examination. His friend Metin learns that Zeki has contracted a terminal illness. The businessman who hit Zeki includes him in an advertising campaign. Believing that everything is for a good cause, Zeki agrees to portray a young man on the brink of death in the advertisements. Despite the advertising campaign gaining significant attention nationwide, things will not unfold as the banker had anticipated.

Şaka Yapma

1981

Mirasyediler poster
5.6

No synopsis available yet.

Mirasyediler

1974

Where Are These Guys Looking At? poster
6.8

Metin and his best friend Zeki comes to Istanbul to get married. All of a sudden they become famous and funny stories start.

Where Are These Guys Looking At?

1976

Behind the camera