Faruk Akgören is an actor and voice actor born in Ankara on 24 July 1962. Having started his artistic life with his training at the Theatre Department of DTCF (Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography), Akgören has worked across a wide range of film, television and stage productions.
In his dubbing career he stands out particularly in fantasy and action titles. He voiced the character Bishop in the 1986 film “Aliens”, the same role in “Alien 3” in 1992, and Purvis in “Alien: Resurrection” in 1997. He gave voice to the character Pintel in the 2003 film “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, and in 2004 voiced the character Cerrahpaşalı Halit in the series “Kurtlar Vadisi” (Valley of the Wolves).
He left his mark on young audiences as Grandpa Max in the popular animated series “Ben 10” in 2005 and as the Sheriff in the film “Cars” in 2006. In 2009 he took on the role of Les Gold in “İkinci El Kralları” (Hardcore Pawn), and the same year voiced the character Cemal Başkan in the series “Şefkat Tepe”.
Faruk Akgören was born on 24 July 1962 in Antalya, Turkey.
Because of his father's job, he started primary school at Alparslan Primary School in Malazgirt. After his father died suddenly in 1972 at the age of thirty-seven, he returned to his hometown of Sarayköy. He finished primary school at Sarayköy Gazi Primary School. He graduated from Sarayköy High School and in 1979 entered the Theatre Chair of Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography.
His teachers included Metin And, Sevda Şener, Turgut Özakman, Ergin Orbey, Ayşegül Yüksel, Yücel Erten, Sevinç Sokullu, Nurhan Karadağ, Tahsin Konur and Leyla Tecer.
In the year Ankara Sanat Evi was founded, he made his professional stage debut with the play “Masal var masalcık var”. That same year he was introduced to the microphone in a radio theatre production directed by Asuman Korad.
He graduated in 1984, did his military service in 1985 and married after returning. His daughter Ceren, who is now studying in the Graphic Design Department at H.Ü. (Hacettepe University), was born in 1989. In 1987 he started dubbing on the recommendation of Işın Feyman. After about six months of dubbing work, he happened to get into animation.
He left dubbing and worked in animation for five years. In 1991 he closed the animation chapter and returned to theatre, dubbing and television acting. He has been acting and dubbing ever since. He divorced in 1999 and moved to Istanbul.
Productions
Appeared in 18 productions in total; the 12 best known are listed.
- Kurtlar Vadisi (2003) — Terrorist
- Kurtlar Vadisi: Pusu (2007) — President
- Leyla ile Mecnun (2011) — Hakkı Dayı (voice)
- Bereketli Topraklar (2025)
- Kayıp Şehir (2012)
- Allah'ın Sadık Kulu: Barla (2011) — (voice)
- Seddülbahir 32 Saat (2016)
- İçimizden Biri (2021) — Bahtiyar Tatlılı
- Kilit (2006) — Inspector
- Emanet (2016)
- Suda Balık (2016) — Bekir
- Çanakkale Geçilmez (2005) — Esad Paşa (voice)
Production and credit information is sourced from TMDB.
