Şener Şen

Acting

Şener Şen

Born 1941-11-26 · Adana, Türkiye

Şener Şen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Muhsin Bey (1985) and Gönül Yarası (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for Çöpçüler Kralı (1977) and a Golden Orange Lifetime Achievement Award. A prominent actor of classic films in the Turkish cinema, he has played a wide range of iconic characters in various genres, including drama, comedy. He received the distinction of "Turkish state artist" in 1998.

Acting credits

Selamsız's Band poster
7.6

Selamsiz (wich means 'no greeting') is a small town in Anatolia. The town has a lot of problems but noone from governments come and see the town. One day the mayor learns that the prime minister will come to the city. They, now, have a chance to solve their problems. However, they think that they should have a band to greet the prime minister.

Selamsız's Band

1987

Those Would-Be Girls poster
6.5

A white-slave gang, specializing in young girls, is unmasked by a journalist.

Those Would-Be Girls

1967

The Rich One's Kitchen poster
6.8

Lutfu is a cook in the mansion of the wealthy Kerim. One morning he sees that there is nobody at home. The maid is to get engaged on that day but her fiancée does not show up either. From the brother of their driver, he learns that workers are on strike and their boss Kerim has gone to Europe. Things get back to normal.

The Rich One's Kitchen

1988

Sugar Pie Lady poster
7.5

In the harsh times of the small time crime in Istanbul, a conscientious police officer Cumali is recognized by the police chief Ziver Bey who sees Cumali as a threat and matches him with Sekerpare, a famous harlot.

Sugar Pie Lady

1983

I Feel in Love poster
6.0

Şakir is instantly infatuated with Sibel in a red dress whom he meets in the parking lot of the advertising agency where he works, and he is desperate to win this fascinating woman. But there is one obstacle; Şakir is married! Despite this, Şakir is determined to pursue Sibel and will try various ways to achieve his goal.

I Feel in Love

1985

Şehzade Sinbad poster
8.0

Turkish adaptation of the tale of Sinbad the Sailor as "Prince Sinbad of the Mountains".

Şehzade Sinbad

1971

Fork in the Road poster
6.3

He is a boss who dedicates his life to grow up the textile empire he inherited from his father and does not hesitate to follow ruthless methods for it. He decides to choose a different life after a heavy traffic accident.

Fork in the Road

2017

Feyzo, The Polite One poster
7.9

To bid for his beloved's hand in marriage, poor villager Feyzo must come up with an enormous dowry to appease her father.

Feyzo, The Polite One

1978

Adile Teyze poster
5.8

A story of an old woman's sacrifice in the name of a baby.

Adile Teyze

1983

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

For Love and Honor poster
7.1

Ali Osman is a former bully of city of Istanbul. But lately he gives up bully and starts to operate a synthetic pitch. He often meets his old friends, former bullies, too. One day Ali Osman receives a news which is related with his previous passionate life. Then the whole action stats as a chain of events.

For Love and Honor

2007

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

Davaro poster
7.8

Memo returns from Germany to get married with his love but his fathers killer Sulo is being released from jail. As a village rule he has to get revenge for his fahter or he can not get married but he doesn't want to kill so they stage a fake death with Sulo and after that his luck runs out.

Davaro

1981

Abbas in Flower poster
7.3

While working as an assistant to swindling driver Şakir, ingenuous Abbas falls for the same woman his boss loves.

Abbas in Flower

1982

Asi Kalpler poster
10.0

Bülent is a famous soccer player. He falls in love with Betül, whom he meets at the hotel where he is vacationing. However, Betül suddenly leaves the hotel and disappears. Meanwhile, Bülent's soccer career comes to an end after he is involved in a traffic accident. Suspecting that the accident was intentional, Bülent begins to investigate the incident.

Asi Kalpler

1972

The Baggy Trousers Case poster
7.4

A group of women in a small village get organized against the macho men of the town.

The Baggy Trousers Case

1983

The Broken Landlord poster
8.2

The landowner (Agha) of the Haraptar village marries off his old father with the young and beautiful Kiraz. But on the nuptial night, his father dies and everything starts to go bad for the Agha. Due to the long drought and provocations of Kekec Salman (big brother of Kiraz), the peasants steal the crops and run away to Istanbul. Without the peasants and crops, Agha is also forced to sell the village and move to Istanbul. But he cannot keep up with the big city life and consumes all his money and belongings. Agha's wife and relatives leave him during this downfall.

The Broken Landlord

1985

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

The Foster Brothers poster
8.0

Saban, Ramazan and Bayram are sailors in an Ottoman Navy and Hüsamettin is their commander. Hüsamettin's aide Ramazan, Saban who is foster son of Hüsamettin's sister and Bayram who is married to Hüsamettin's niece stays at Hüsamettin's family residence. Hüsamettin's sister thinks Ramazan is her foster son Saban when she realizes her mistake she introduces Ramazan to her brother as her son in law Bayram since she was afraid of Hüsamettin's short-tempered character. Things get complicated when real Saban and Bayram come to the residence. Now Saban has to be Ramazan and Bayram has to be Saban. Meanwhile, a gulyabani (a ghoul from Turkish folklore) haunts the residence.

The Foster Brothers

1976

The Bandit poster
7.3

The film tells the story of a group of bandits captured in the Cudi Mountains 35 years ago. All of them have died, either from illness or vendettas; only Baran (Şener Şen) survives. After serving his 35-year sentence, Baran is released from Viranşehir Prison and learns that his birthplace is now submerged under the waters of a dam. Ceren Ana (Zübeyde Erden) tells him about the past. Baran is imprisoned because of the betrayal of his old friend Berfo (Kamran Usluer). Berfo stole the bandits gold, bought his childhood love Keje (Sermin Hürmeriç) from her father, and fled to Istanbul. While Baran is searching for Keje, he encounters a young man named Cumali (Uğur Yücel). These two men find solace in each other to avoid being swept away by the storms of the big city. And in this world where violence, betrayal, passion, boundless love and hatred intertwine, they try to survive.

The Bandit

1996

The Shadow Play poster
7.3

Mahmut and Abidin work as comedians at a night club, Mahmut is honest yet Abidin is sly. A deaf and mute girl named Kumru is brought to work in the night club.

The Shadow Play

1992

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

Yasemin poster
6.3

Yasemin is a 17-year old Turkish girl who lives with her parents in Hamburg-Altona, Germany. While her mother and father accept that Yasemin has her own German friends, they also expect her to honor the traditions of their country of origin. The arrival of Jan, a German student aged 21, throws this situation into conflict.

Yasemin

1988

Bak Yeşil Yeşil poster
5.7

Story of a singer who is in love..

Bak Yeşil Yeşil

1975