İzzet Günay
Birthday: 1934-08-21
Place of Birth: Üsküdar, İstanbul
Biography: İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor. He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades. Günay studied at Haydarpaşa High School and Deniz High School. He worked at the İstanbul Municipal Public Works department and then in the lignite business. Günay answered a casting call in a newspaper and ended up being cast in Haldun Dormen's play Kara Ağaçlar Altında. He then appeared in several other plays such as Sokak Kızı İrma, and Pasifik Şarkısı Zafer Madalyası. In 1959, Günay made his film debut in the Kemal Film production Kırık Plak as Zeki Müren's driver. After a number of small roles, he landed the main role in Varan Bir. For a short time, he had a musical career in classical music. He won the Best Actor award at the Antalya Golden Orange Festival for his role in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür in 1964.
Movies
Unutulmayanlar
Fahrettin, Ekrem, Fikret, İzzet, Nejat, Orhan and Eşref work as truck drivers for a company. Guns ar...
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Death Toll
An honest cop is trying to rescue a girl who is stuck in decadence and prostitution....
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The Broken Disk
In this film, the famous singer/composer Zeki Müren plays himself. His flamboyant and luxurious life...
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The Bomb Girl
Erol, who is rescued by the boss of a casino, meets a world he does not know when Kenan offers him a...
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Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s was one of the biggest producers of film in the world. In order to kee...
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The Adventure Woman
The film is about the adventure and drama-filled lives of a handsome man who cross paths with a beau...
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Afili Delikanlılar
The story of two friends, a gambler and a womanizer, who can't seem to escape their troubles....
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Kumarbaz
The story of a gambler and a penniless young man, and the millionaire girl he falls in love with....
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Ali Cengiz Oyunu
The story of two young men who resemble each other like two peas in a pod, who switch places as a re...
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End of the Road
A youth joins a gang to help his family. After the gang robs a supermarket, they flee in a car, whic...
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You Can Do It, My Dear!
Throughout his impressive acting career, Haldun Dormen inspired and encouraged his theater students ...
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The Crying Woman
Osman, who opposes his father for the woman he loves, starts preparations for marriage with Sükran. ...
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Renkli Dünya
The film tells the story of a young girl who secretly becomes an actress behind her brother's back. ...
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Kanli Mezar
The film tells the story of archaeologist Yılmaz, Murat, and Zeynep's fight against an international...
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Nazar Değmez İnşallah
Saim and Nazım, who are musicians, travel by ship to Istanbul. On board, they rescue a woman named B...
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Acemi Çapkın
The film tells the story of Sıtkı Bey, who lives a different life during the day and at night. Sıtkı...
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Some Like it Hot
Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of city. Their only opportunity c...
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Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür
Turkish adaptation of Alejandro Casona's classic play Los Árboles Mueren De Pie....
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Kalbimdeki Yabancı
Osman has come to Istanbul to find work. However, he returns empty-handed from every place he applie...
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Bebek Gibi Maşallah
Leyla wants to marry her boyfriend Nihat. However, her uncle Feyzullah opposes this. Some time later...
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Crossroads
The paths of Feyza and Bilal, who are from different worlds, cross again after years....
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The Evening Sun
Nazmi, who was an officer in the military, was injured in the Korean War and retired. He wants to sp...
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Mr E.
A television news anchorman, İsmet Berkan goes on a journey with his wife. Along the journey, out of...
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My Prostitute Love
Halil goes to a bar with his friends and meets Sabiha, a prostitute, and they fall in love. Two love...
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Sefiller
Zafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey....
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Tophaneli Osman
Before his death, Esad Bey decides to announce his will. He calls all his relatives to his house. He...
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Cesur Kabadayı
Murat is disowned by his father because of a trap set by his stepmother. One day, he rescues a girl ...
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Duyduk Duymadık Demeyin
Osman is an accountant with a quiet life and a happy marriage. The partners of the company he works ...
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Şeker Hafiye
Osman is about to marry his boss's daughter, Fatma. He swears solemnly that he will not flirt with o...
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The Bread Seller Woman
Based on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson....
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Tehlikeli Oyun
Ahmet, a taxi driver, meets businessman Ekrem Kirişçi. He begins working as his personal driver. He ...
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Nebahat The Driver
Having to bring money to her home after her father's death, Nebahat starts working as a driver, a co...
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Osman Killed Me
After the death of a wealhty man, family members are gather in the mansion to receive the hereditary...
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Anasının Kuzusu
The story of a young civil servant who grew up under his mother's influence....
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Barut Fıçısı
Osman is the son of factory owner Rüknettin Bey. Rüknettin Bey started his business career as a trav...
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Kimse Fatma Gibi Öpemez
On the day Fatma returns from Europe, she learns that she has inherited something from her mother. H...
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Öpüşmek Yasak
Burhan and Kemal are minibus drivers in Şile. These drivers, who never get along, decide to buy new ...
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Elveda Sevgilim
Nuri, from the Selimoğulları family, kills Turgut, from the Kadiroğulları family. However, he is sav...
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Varan Biiir
Hüseyin goes to a bar to have a drink. There is no one else inside except for a drunk customer. A my...
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Kavga Var
Remzi is a kind-hearted but quarrelsome man who cannot tolerate injustice. Ayten is Recep's only dau...
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Fatoş'un Bebekleri
Suat and Haşmet are business partners. Suat is a conservative man and the president of the Associati...
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The Stolen Love
The two young people, who started to get to know each other, decide to meet face to face after long ...
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Hop Dedik
After drinking excessively at the nightclub, Ferit takes someone else's coat instead of his own. Whe...
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This Is How Destiny Wanted
Nilüfer goes to his aunt in Istanbul for his education without telling his father. He meets Ahmet, a...
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Kezban in Paris
A young girl's adventures in Paris, where she visits after befriending a rich boy....
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I Will Cry Tomorrow
Sevda is a poor woman. Kemal, the owner of a nightclub, has taken her under his wing and made her a ...
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Kezban
Kezban is a beautiful young girl who lives with her mother in a village. After her mother dies, her ...
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I Want to Die With You
The woman, whose every request is fulfilled by her husband but still fails to be happy, starts to ge...
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Mothers and Daughters
A tricotage worker Nese who becomes very popular singer and Anatolian woman, Fatma. The story of the...
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Düşman Aşıklar
The film tells the story of Gonca, who pursues a man who tortured her fiancé and caused his death. G...
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Fakir Kızı Leyla
Fikret, an heir, is forced to marry Leyla, the daughter of his mother's former housekeeper, in order...
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Kısmet
A series of events unfolding around a wealthy man who pretends to be someone else in order to win th...
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Umit Street
The film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich....
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Arkadaşımın Aşkısın
The film tells the story of two friends who are in love with the same girl. Orhan, Selma, and Ahmet ...
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Bir Türk Masalı
Three children live a poor but happy life with their families in the Dalyan Delta, a UNESCO World He...
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