Metin Akpınar

Actor

November 2, 1942 (83 years)

Istanbul, Turkey

Biography

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…

Filmography

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Golden Butterfly Awards

Self - Winner

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8.5

Love Doesn't Understand Words

Hasmet

Hayat is a country girl with strict parents. She is in a love hate relationship with her boss Murat. Hayat is full of secrets that can ruin her career and relationship.

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Devekuşu Kabare

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5.0

Papatyam

Necati

Two people whose ages are advanced and who have cut their hopes of love meet in the marriage program. Their lives change.

6.3

Borrowed Bride

Tavid

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......

4.4

Eve Giden Yol 1914

Reşat Ağa

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.

6.5

Sweet Talker

Metin

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.

3.3

Namus Düşmanı

Ali

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Sedef Kabaş ile Portreler

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6.1

Longing

Alev'in Menajeri

The soft spot in her heart for her composer remains unfilled of a star performer, after she's given a red handkerchief as a farewell. She must make her final decision despite a hearing loss risking her promising career.

8.5

Prohibitions

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

7.5

The Blue Bead

Kanuni Süleyman

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.

6.7

Yalancı Yarim

Mahmut Erciyes

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6.9

Oh Olsun

Doktor Metin

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.

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Popstar Alaturka

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6.7

Where Are These Guys Looking At?

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

6.6

Propaganda

Rahim

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.

6.4

Güler misin Ağlar mısın

Metin

Cemal, from Kayseri, is a prominent businessman. He runs a hotel in Kuşadası. However, this story is about the sacrifices made by two close friends for the people they love. Metin, who works as a receptionist at Cemal Bey's hotel, and Zeki, who works in construction, are inseparable friends. Cemal Bey decides to build a mini-golf facility to make more money and plans to put Metin in charge of it. At the same time, Metin is planning to marry Aysel, the daughter of Rasim Usta. However, Rasim Usta's house must be demolished to make way for the facility. As a result, Zeki and Metin oppose Cemal Bey. They build a floating house for Rasim Usta, who is now homeless. Cemal Bey devises plans to get rid of them. However, a guest arriving at the resort will change everything...

5.7

Beş Milyoncuk Borç Verir misin

Metin

Zeki and Metin are two friends who work at the same place and share the same house. They also have a friend named Nuri who is always drunk. One day, Zeki and Metin play a game of chance and win the jackpot. However, Nuri has sold the jacket with the ticket in it to a secondhand dealer. The two friends set out to find the jacket.

7.1

Güle Güle

Galip

Car mechanic Şemsi separated from his wife years ago and lives alone, far away from his only child. Celal is a disciplined retired colonel married to Zarife. İsmet is an introverted film buff who has spent his life on the island, while Galip is a faithful platonic lover who has lived a strange "love" with Rosa, a Cuban woman he saw only once, and has never betrayed this woman with whom he has been corresponding for years. Unable to afford to go to Cuba or bring Rosa there, Galip falls ill and learns he has cancer. His friends do everything they can to make him happy before he dies, even putting their homes up for sale. But when the money still isn't enough, there's only one thing left to do: To obtain the money needed to send Galip to Cuba, they decide to rob five charming elderly bankers!