İhsan Gedik was born on June 10, 1942 in the Bafra district of Samsun. Known for his mafia hitman and villain characters, especially in the films of Yılmaz Güney and Cüneyt Arkın, Gedik was one of the hardest-working actors in the late 1960s and 1970s. After this period, he also took part in television productions from time to time.
In 2000, he appeared in a Bingo commercial with Cansu Dere. Gedik, who played villain roles in approximately 600 films in Yeşilçam for many years, was known as the "villain of Turkish Cinema". When he was 71 years old and no new role offers started coming, he started selling his book "From Yesterday to Today İhsan Gedik" by walking around with a cane in his hand in order to make a living.
Stating that he spent the income from book sales on his daughter's university education, Gedik worked with well-known stars in nearly 600 films in Yeşilçam and became known as the "villain of cinema". In his work titled "İhsan Gedik from Past to Today", he collected the promotional covers of the films he directed, photographs and quotes written by other famous actors about himself in 174 pages.
Today, he makes his living by selling the same book and performing in school theaters across the country.
İhsan Gedik is a Turkish film and TV actor. The artist, who is one of the most sought-after actors in supporting man roles, stood out with his roles as mafia hitman and bad guy in the films of Yılmaz Güney and Cüneyt Arkın. The artist, who was one of the most successful actors in the late 1960s and 1970s, later took part in some TV productions.
71-year-old İhsan Gedik, who is known as the 'bad man of Turkish Cinema' and starred in nearly 600 movies in Yeşilçam in 48 years, started selling the book 'From Yesterday to Today İhsan Gedik', which he had prepared to make a living, by walking from street to street with his cane.
Gedik said that he made a living with the money he earned from selling books and sent his daughter to university. İhsan Gedik, who appeared in front of the camera with important stars of Turkish Cinema in nearly 600 films in Yeşilçam and is known as the 'villain of the cinema', is struggling to survive in difficult conditions.
Gedik collected the promotional covers of the feature films he translated, photographs and the words written for him by important actors of Turkish cinema in his 174-page book 'İhsan Gedik from Past to Present'.
The artist currently earns his living by selling his book titled 'İhsan Gedik from Yesterday to Today' and traveling around the country from city to city and acting in school theatres.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 160 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Politics Square (1994)
- Red Light (2008)
- Three Papermen (1976)
- Çingar (1976) — Çolak Ali
- Station (1977) — Palandöken's Man
- Steel Claw (1983)
- The Avenging Angel: Female Hamlet (1976)
- The Lionheart Bully (1967)
- Our Fight (1990) — Gemini
- I'm the Grim Reaper (1968)
- Hannah, Queen of the Vampires (1973) — The Wild Man
- Lawless Street (1971)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
