Güven Kıraç

Acting

Güven Kıraç

Born 1960-04-05 · Istanbul, Turkey

Güven Kıraç (born April 5, 1960) is a Turkish actor. He won the IFFI Best Actor Award (Male) at the 41st International Film Festival of India.

Acting credits

Head-On poster
7.5

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Head-On

2004

Detective Brothers poster
5.0

Operating a fidelity testing agency in Istanbul, a small team takes on a job to document a British diplomat's affair. However, what begins as a routine surveillance operation quickly plunges them into the crosshairs of an international intelligence conspiracy.

Detective Brothers

2026

Son of a Rich poster
5.6

A young man born into an oligarch family is so spoiled that he believes he's above the law. When he faces jail, his father decides to 'rehabilitate' his son. An abandoned village is reconstructed, 19th century style. The spoiled brat 'goes back in time', reincarnated as a serf, to learn how to appreciate life and to work hard.

Son of a Rich

2024

Innocence poster
7.6

Yusuf is released from prison after serving a ten year sentence. Because of unexpected problems at his sister’s house, he finds himself in a cheap hotel where he meets a man, a woman, and a child who will change his life in unexpected ways…

Innocence

1997

Özür Dilerim poster
6.2

Selim is a mentally disabled man in his forties who was raised with great sacrifice by his family. An incident that occurs on his brother Zafer's wedding day will turn everything upside down. An event that befalls Selim will lead his family members to a sad fate where they will discover truths they were previously unaware of.

Özür Dilerim

2013

Bad Cat poster
6.9

A foul-mouthed cat and its gang cross paths with humans.

Bad Cat

2016

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

Money Trap poster
5.6

Asim Noyan swindles people with his lies and games. Asim Noyan and his gang, who no one else has been able to catch, get into a ruse again.

Money Trap

2019

İstanbul Tales poster
6.8

Five interconnected stories set in modern-day Istanbul based on the fairytales Snow White, Cinderella, Pied Piper, Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood.

İstanbul Tales

2005

The Edge of Heaven poster
7.2

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

The Edge of Heaven

2007

Kirpi poster
6.0

Kirpi, the vengeful practical joker finally finds a match for his habit: Tahir Yaman. Prank and revenge loop of the duo will drag them to very complicated situations.

Kirpi

2009

Die Rasur poster
8.0

A client enjoys an shave.

Die Rasur

2006

Duruşma poster
5.8

The story revolves around the beautiful Nazan, the neighbor's daughter, who manages to remain a virgin despite marrying two of the neighborhood's handsome men, Selami and Cavit; the fierce competition between Selami and Cavit for Nazan; the schemes orchestrated by Nazan's mother, Necla; and the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and their simple reactions. Nazan's mother Necla's schemes; the neighbors' curious observation of these intriguing developments, their astonishment, and the sudden media attention their simple lives receive, all told in a humorous tone.

Duruşma

1999

The Net 2.0 poster
5.1

The life of a young computer systems analyst is thrown into turmoil after arriving in Istanbul to start a new job. She soon finds her passport missing, her credit cards useless, her bank account empty and her identity stolen. As the story progresses we find people and events may not be what they seem.

The Net 2.0

2006

Mükemmel Aile poster
5.5

Each member of the family lives in their own world: a mother obsessed with acting, a father who takes beatings in boxing matches and has become addicted to it, an uncle who takes various drugs to see their side effects, a pessimistic brother who wants to die, and an aunt who has repented of her work as a hired killer and come out of it… One day, they learn from a video that their daughter Zeynep, who has been living far away from them for years, is about to give birth, and they set off from Istanbul to Antalya.

Mükemmel Aile

2024

Muslum poster
7.1

A biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).

Muslum

2018

Babba poster
NR

A comedy that intertwines hilarious and extraordinary situations, particularly amusing in certain parts, and worth watching.

Babba

2006

Sünnet Davası poster
NR

The comical relationship between a district governor and the health officer responsible for circumcision in the district.

Sünnet Davası

2007

The Crossing poster
5.9

The story follows Güven, who works as a manager at an accounting firm in Kavşak. Güven, who has a happy marriage, sees his routine life begin to unravel when the new department manager, Arzu, moves into his office. Meanwhile, the landlord's son is trying to reach an agreement with a contractor to demolish the house they are living in, and accounting clerk Haydar is embezzling company funds. A small slip-up in Güven's life, combined with Arzu's uncontrollable curiosity, causes events to unfold like a snowball effect, leaving Güven cornered.

The Crossing

2010

Derûn poster
NR

Marife, who lived alone in a mountain house in the Black Sea region for forty years, was abandoned by Ilyas, whom she had fallen in love with in her youth, due to an illness she contracted while making plans to marry him. This illness was a plan prepared by Yahya, who secretly loved Marife, to reveal Ilyas's true face. While Marife lost her beauty with the poisoned honey she was fed, Ilyas's love ended with that beauty. While Ilyas practically ran away from where he lived, Marife retreated into a furious seclusion. Forty years later, Ilyas's son Ateş brought his father's body to Trabzon. His father's will was to be buried in Marife's garden. However, Marife's response to this will was full of anger.

Derûn

2024

Şeytan Tüyü poster
1.5

Turkish comedy directed by Murat Senoy.

Şeytan Tüyü

2016

Love Me poster
5.9

Across a language barrier, a Turkish groom-to-be on an engagement party in Kyiv meets a Ukrainian that represents the 'other woman' for a marriage there.

Love Me

2013

Beginner poster
6.1

Retired taxi driver Faruk is still working into his 60s. Having lost his wife ten years earlier, he leads a monotonous life. His only wish is to learn English, for which he is sometimes ridiculed and sometimes appreciated. His life will change a lot as he meets people throughout that difficult process, as learning a new language brings new experiences.

Beginner

2017

Killing the Shadows poster
7.1

Killing The Shadows is a bawdy comic fable set in the Ottoman Empire during the mid-14th century based on two legendary figures in Turkish folkore, the jester Hacivat (Beyazit Ozturk) and the nomad Karagoz (Haluk Bilginer), men who apparently lived and died by their sense of humour.

Killing the Shadows

2006