Münir Özkul

Acting

Münir Özkul

Born 1925-08-15 · İstanbul, Türkiye

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.

Acting credits

Kanlı Nigar poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kanlı Nigar

1968

Kızlar Sınıfı poster
5.5

In the film, which takes place between students and teachers in a girls' high school, İlyas replaces the teacher who was expelled from the school because he had a relationship with a female student. Students who do not forgive the expulsion of their previous teacher do their best to have İlyas fired as well.

Kızlar Sınıfı

1984

The Chaos Class poster
8.0

A group of affluent private school slackers enjoy a prankster lifestyle until a tough new disciplinarian headmaster arrives.

The Chaos Class

1975

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs poster
5.9

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1971

Son Hıçkırık poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Son Hıçkırık

1971

The Beauty of Beyoglu poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Beauty of Beyoglu

1971

Sev Kardeşim poster
6.6

A factory owners son falls in love with a worker who works at the factory.

Sev Kardeşim

1972

Yavrum poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Yavrum

1970

Once a Year poster
7.7

A young hapless couple's devotion for each other is tested through harsh times of war as they are forced to negate patriotism and dependability to their families and nations, for a length of a lifetime before during and after the war.

Once a Year

1971

The Empty Frame poster
8.8

Beginning growing parting longing reuniting breaking and ending of the nostalgic forbidden love between a humble backwoodsman and a naive family girl is told through their secret letters and most private memories in narrative format.

The Empty Frame

1969

A Nation Awakens poster
5.2

Ertem Egilmez's period drama about National Forces in the Turkish War of Independence.

A Nation Awakens

1966

Girgiriye poster
6.3

A bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner.

Girgiriye

1981

Bilo the Banker poster
7.2

Bilo is a goodhearted man who wants to marry the cutest girl in the village but needs money to take the consent from her father. His best friend Mahmut offers him a way to go to Germany and work in a factory to save up the money he needs.

Bilo the Banker

1980

Aile Pansiyonu poster
4.8

Because of the financial problems of aunt Adile, the whole neighbourhood turns an old villa into a guesthouse.

Aile Pansiyonu

1987

İbiş New York Canavarı poster
4.0

No synopsis available yet.

İbiş New York Canavarı

1971

Neşeli Günler poster
8.2

Years after a divorce divides their family in half, six siblings encounter each other by chance and try to get their parents back together.

Neşeli Günler

1978

Füze Nuri poster
NR

The story of Füze Nuri, who found his father and claimed his inheritance from his stepmother.

Füze Nuri

1987

Fisherman's Beauty poster
9.0

The story of an old Turkish fairy tale.

Fisherman's Beauty

1953

Lale Devri poster
7.0

The story tells of the events that befall a man living during the Tulip Era due to his lust for power. Kuyucubaşı Şaban Çelebi purchases a tulip from an Indian merchant that rejuvenates its owner over the years. Dreaming of living for many years thanks to this tulip, Çelebi seeks to have İbrahim Pasha killed and take his place. When news of the rejuvenating tulip spreads, Şaban Çelebi is arrested and brought to the palace. They attempt to seize his tulip, but it is stolen. After being pardoned, Çelebi sets out to find his tulip and the Indian merchant.

Lale Devri

1951

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up poster
7.8

A sincere and hardworking student joins the Chaos Class, but acceptance seems unlikely when he becomes the target of their pranks.

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up

1976

Kart Horoz poster
6.0

Kamil's servant Dilber's sister Fatoş comes to the mansion with her fiancé Mıstık. Kamil falls for Fatoş as soon as he sees her. At this point, Kamil, who is already ill, suffers another crisis. He then declares that his final wish is to marry Fatoş. Fatoş, who needs money to bail out Mıstık, who has been arrested for financial reasons, agrees to marry Kamil, believing he will die soon. Kamil's surprising recovery and Mıstık's release from prison will complicate the situation further.

Kart Horoz

1965

Billionaire poster
7.4

A civil servant in a small town, shunned by his family and his friends due to his lack of ambition, hits the jackpot in the national lottery. Not trusting anybody around him, he gradually starts to lose his mind.

Billionaire

1986

Talih Kuşu poster
9.0

Gökhan wants to be a singer. His brother Temel strives to become a soccer player. However, their father Mahmut expects his sons to become engineers and take over the factory. The two brothers cannot tell their father the truth about their lives because they are afraid of him. They deceive their father with various lies. At the same time, they are constantly competing with each other. The fact that both brothers' girlfriends become pregnant changes the course of events. When Mahmut learns the truth about his sons' lives, things become even more complicated.

Talih Kuşu

1982

The Golden Cage poster
8.5

A love story between a chauffeur, a poor girl and a very rich woman.

The Golden Cage

1958