İsmail Hakkı Şen is a theater and cinema artist who was born in Rize on February 5, 1927 and died in Istanbul on January 31, 2005. Although he received his education in mechanical engineering, the years spent with art became his real profession; After stepping on the stage in 1958, he took part in hundreds of plays in important companies such as Ankara Art Theatre, Ankara Drama Theatre, Enis Fosforoğlu Stage, Hadi Çaman Theater and Theater Istanbul. At the same time, he has reached a wide audience by appearing in nearly 150 films in the world of cinema.
Şen, who became a veteran of the Korean War by participating in it in 1951, said that he filled the void and directionlessness created by the war with theater acting: "I wandered around for many years without knowing what to do, and finally I said I could only overcome this problem by acting in theater, and I started acting." He also showed this passion on stage; In the play "Crime and Punishment", when he received the news of his father's death and left the stage in tears while reading the tirade, he was greeted with a standing ovation by the audience.
In his cinema career, he took part in many productions from the 1970s to the 1980s. Films such as "Eagle of the Mountains", "Quixote False Knight", "First Love", "Black Bull", "Mashallah Like a Rooster", "Love Is Not What You Say", "Gülşah Küçük Anne", "Cry My Eyes", "Flower Mountain", "Ferris Wheel", "Honest", "The Prisoner of Money" and "Acımak" reveal his wide range of roles and acting diversity. are examples.
İsmail Hakkı Şen was born on February 5, 1927 in Rize, Türkiye. He died on January 31, 2005.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 98 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- The Stepfather (1998) — Mahmut
- Small Feed (1999) — Mahmut
- Feride (1996) — Necip
- Station (1977) — Osman / Yasemin's Father
- Bullshit (1974)
- We're Cold (1984)
- Street Brawler (1986)
- Billionaire (1986)
- Acimak (1985) — Selim
- One Ticket for Tomorrow (2020) — Passenger
- Terrible Rape (1972) — Commissioner
- Festivity in the Classroom (1975) — Inspector
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
