
İzzet Günay
Actor · b. 1934 · Üsküdar, İstanbul
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.
Movies24
Movie10.0DramaThe film tells the story of two friends living in the same neighborhood who struggle to become rich. Selim and Ali are friends. Ali wants to earn money and marry Lale, while Selim wants to escape from their neighborhood and poverty. Necdet, a mafia boss, once lived on Ümit Street, where Selim and Ali reside. Selim and Ali go to Necdet to ask for work. Necdet gives each of them a thousand lira and tells them to come back in five months with ten thousand lira. The two friends will get to know each other better during their individual struggles for survival.
Movie3.0ActionFantasyA television news anchorman, İsmet Berkan goes on a journey with his wife. Along the journey, out of the blue they start fighting. When he confesses that he cheated on her, she gets mad. Enraged, Leyla gets out of the car, enters a gas station and takes off with a man in a red sports car. Trying to track down his wife, the anchorman finds himself trapped in a bizarre world in the midst of murderers, cops and beautiful women.
- Movie9.0
Duyun Beni
1 votes
MovieDramaBeyoğlu Esrarı
1966
Movie8.0ActionDramaFelek
1973 · 1 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaBased on Xavier de Montépin's story, the film tells the story of a widow wrongly accused of arson.
Movie8.0DramaGaribanlar Mahallesi
1969 · 1 votes
Movie7.0Menderes Köprüsü
1968 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaKader Yolcuları
1973 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaRomanceA series of events unfolding around a wealthy man who pretends to be someone else in order to win the heart of a female singer.
Kısmet
1974 · 1 votes
Movie7.5Osman is the son of factory owner Rüknettin Bey. Rüknettin Bey started his business career as a traveling salesman and quickly rose to become one of the wealthiest men in the country. His wife Bedia aims to take control of the entire fortune by marrying their son Osman to a girl from her own family. Fed up with his son Osman's womanizing ways, Rüknettin Bey tells him to choose the girl he wants to marry within a month. While the girls from Bedia's family circle around Osman, Rüknettin Bey's niece, nicknamed "Barut Fıçısı" (Gunpowder Barrel), also has her eye on Osman.
Barut Fıçısı
1963 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyCici Kızlar
1965 · 2 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaZafer Davutoglu's 1967 adaptation of Hugo's novel Les Misérables set in Turkey.
Sefiller
1967 · 2 votes
Movie9.0RomanceDramaNazmi, who was an officer in the military, was injured in the Korean War and retired. He wants to spend the rest of his life on a farm away from city life and settles with his wife on the farm. But the arrival of Jülide to the farm changes all the balances.
Movie6.5ComedyOn the day Fatma returns from Europe, she learns that she has inherited something from her mother. Her mother had been defrauding her uncle for years, using the excuse that she had a disabled daughter. Her uncle had left his inheritance to his disabled niece. In order to claim the inheritance, Fatma must pretend to be disabled. For this purpose, lawyer Kemal will monitor Fatma for a while. However, this situation will lead to the beginning of a romance between Fatma and Kemal.
Kimse Fatma Gibi Öpemez
1964 · 2 votes
Movie7.0ComedyDramaRemzi is a kind-hearted but quarrelsome man who cannot tolerate injustice. Ayten is Recep's only daughter. Recep is a quarrelsome, tough man like Remzi. One day, Recep and Remzi come face to face and get into a fight. Through this incident, Remzi meets Ayten and falls in love with her. Ayten decides to enter a beauty pageant out of defiance toward her friend. Remzi soon discovers that the organizers of the pageant are fraudsters. However, convincing Ayten to change her mind will not be easy.
Kavga Var
1964 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaSevda is a poor woman. Kemal, the owner of a nightclub, has taken her under his wing and made her a famous singer. Kemal is in love with Sevda. He is jealous of everyone who comes near her. The young woman asks for time to think before responding to her boss's marriage proposal. She is considering telling him in a tactful way that she does not love him. In Bodrum, where she has gone on vacation, someone is waiting to make her forget Kemal and his proposal. The young woman, who becomes close to Murat the moment they meet, is attracted to this sailor. However, Kemal is following them like a dark shadow.
Movie10.0AdventureDramaYumrukların Kanunu
1966 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaCrimeAn honest cop is trying to rescue a girl who is stuck in decadence and prostitution.
Movie9.0Hayat Acıları
1967 · 1 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyThe film tells the story of Sıtkı Bey, who lives a different life during the day and at night. Sıtkı Bey, who owns a typing course, is a quiet and cold man who is not interested in women. This attitude also affects his students. However, Sıtkı Bey takes on a different character at night. He does not remember what he does at night during the day. Due to his nocturnal escapades, he gains many enemies. When his escapades become known, the typing course will also be in danger.
Acemi Çapkın
1964 · 2 votes
MovieDramaAyrılık Saati
1967
MovieDramaRomanceKardeş Kavgası
1967
Movie7.4DramaMysteryAfter the death of a wealhty man, family members are gather in the mansion to receive the hereditary share. The police enters the circuit after some mysterious deaths in the mansion.
Series8
TV4.5NewsTalk ShowSiyaset Meydanı
1994 · 2 votes
TV8.1CrimeDramaAfter being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years.
TV10.0
TV6.6DramaA star-crossed romance seals the fate of two families when a woman trying to save her family restaurant falls for the surly heir of a debt collector.
TV8.0FamilyDramaAşka Sürgün
2005 · 4 votes
TV4.5ComedyFamilyBizim Yenge
2011 · 2 votes
TVDocumentaryTalk ShowYeşilçam Denizi
2003
- TV7.0Drama
Yadigar
2004 · 1 votes