Agah Hün is a theater and cinema artist who was born in Istanbul on January 12, 1918 and died of a heart attack in the same city on July 24, 1990. After completing his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul, he enrolled in Ankara State Conservatory in 1937 and graduated in 1942. He first appeared on stage as King Creon in Sophocles' play "Antigone", and then took part in the State Theater's play "Julius Caesar" in 1947.
In 1951, he moved to Küçük Sahne and worked in important stages such as Chamber Theatre, Small Opera and Istanbul City Theatres, and deepened his mark in the field of theater by directing more than 100 plays and 30 of them.
He expressed an impressive memory that shaped his career as follows: "Thanks to my older brother Hadi Hün, I thought this profession was a wonderful occupation at the age of 18. When I stepped into it, I saw the greatness of the job and the difficulties, financial and moral difficulties that came with it. Still, everything was valuable." The artist married Makbule Hün in 1951 and had a son named Ahmet in 1952.
He stepped into the cinema in 1953 with the movie "Halıcı Kız" directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul; In 1955, he directed the production called "You Are the One I Love" and received the most successful film and director awards of the year from the Turkish Film Friends Association in the same year.
Agah Hün starred in "Şeytan", adapted from William Friedkin's movie "The Exorcist", in 1974, together with names such as Canan Perver, Cihan Ünal and Meral Taygun, and gave life to many characters as a voice actor; Especially the voice of the character Anthony Quinn in the movie "The Call" is among the unforgettable ones.
After retiring from Istanbul City Theaters, where he served for 22 years, in 1983, he said, "An artist has no age; retirement is not an option for me. Creating art is about creating art, the age limit is only for civil servants." He expressed an opinion as follows.
Agah Hün, who has exhibited his actor identity on many stages and screens, took part in works such as "Yavuz Sultan Selim is Crying", "Halıcı Kız", "You were the One I Loved", "Şeytan", "Çirkef", "Küçük Ağa", "Ninth Hariciye Koğuşu" and "Hafız Yusuf"; In theater, he played the leading role in classical and contemporary plays such as "King Oedipus", "Hamlet", "The Rainmaker" and "Desperate Hours". His contributions to Turkish artistic life are still remembered with the traces he left in the history of stage and cinema.
Agah Hün (b. January 12, 1918, Istanbul - d. July 24, 1990, Istanbul) is a Turkish theater and cinema actor, voice actor, director and screenwriter.
Agah Hün was born in Istanbul on January 12, 1918. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Istanbul. He entered Ankara State Conservatory in 1937 and graduated in 1942. He appeared on stage in Sophocles' play Antigone in the role of King Creon. In 1947, he performed in the play Julius Caesar at the State Theatre.
He moved to Küçük Sahne in 1951 and worked at the Chamber Theatre, Küçük Opera and Istanbul City Theatres.[2] He took part in more than 100 plays, many of them leading roles, and staged 30 of them.
He explained how he chose theater as follows: "Because of my brother Hadi Hün, with the wisdom of my 18-year-old age, I thought it was a wonderful profession. When I got into it, I understood the greatness of the job and experienced its troubles, difficulties and financial and moral difficulties. But still, everything was beautiful and valuable."
He starred in Halıcı Kız, directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul, which was released as the first color Turkish film in 1953. He directed his first film in 1955. In 1974, he starred in the movie Satan, based on William Friedkin's "The Exorcist", produced by Hulki Saner and directed by Metin Erksan, together with Canan Perver, Cihan Ünal and Meral Taygun.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 94 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Politics Square (1994) — Self(archive footage)
- Little Agha (1984)
- Hot Gypsy (1969)
- The Law of Borders (1966) — (Tuncel Kurtiz Voice)
- Miracle of Conquest (1985)
- The Exorcist (1974) — The Exorcist
- Gelin Oy (1986) — Reşit Çildam (voice)
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1971) — Bilgin (voice) (uncredited)
- Beloved in the Sky (1966) — (Ulvi Uraz Voice)
- One Day a Year (1971) — Kadir Savun (voice)
- The Little Prince (1986) — The King
- Cowboy Ali (1966)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
