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". In 1972, he won a Golden Orange Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Sev Kardeşim''.

Career

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

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's ''Fareler ve İnsanlar''. From the 1950s onwards, he acted mostly in cinema. During the 1970s, he appeared in many films of the director

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like ''Hababam Sınıfı'', ''Şabanoğlu Şaban'', ''Mavi Boncuk'', ''Banker Bilo'', ''Namuslu''. Many of these films paired him with the actress

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. 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''.

Personal life

Özkul has married four times and he has three children."Aktör dediğin nedir ki? Er geç unutuluyorsun", Sabah, 20 August 2004
Retrieved: 15 September 2007 His second wife was actress Suna Selen. In 1998, he was awarded the title of " State Artist of Turkey" by the

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. He dealt with alcoholism for a number of years but stopped consuming alcohol completely in the 1990s."Babam evlenmekten korkmaz boşanamamaktan korkar", Hürriyet, 8 January 2006
Retrieved: 15 September 2007 He suffered from

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and

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. The main symptoms include shortness of breath and a cough, which may or may not produce ...

since 2003. In the years before his death, he used to think that many people whom he knew in the past were still alive. On 5 January 2018, he died at his home in

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, at the age of 92. After performing the funeral prayers at

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, his body was buried in Bakırköy Cemetery.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ozkul, Munir 1925 births 2018 deaths Male actors from Istanbul Turkish male film actors Best Actor Golden Orange Award winners Turkish male stage actors