Tarık Ünlüoğlu

Reşat Tarık Ünlüoğlu, who was born in İzmir on August 9, 1951, enrolled in Ankara State Conservatory after graduating from İzmir Namık Kemal High School; After studying opera for a year, he transferred to the theater department.

Ünlüoğlu, who performed at the Ankara State Theater for a long time, was appointed to the Istanbul State Theater after more than twenty years and continued his career there. In addition to the theater stage, he also took part in cinema and television projects and did voice-over work; He became widely known especially for his character Sawere Necmi in the TV series Kurtlar Vadisi.

During his theater career, he performed at the Ankara State Theater with "İstanbul Efendisi" (Musahipzade Celal) in 1973, "My Fair Lady" (Alan Jay Lerner) was performed at the same theater in 1976, and his plays "The Cimri" (Molière) and "Two Buckets of Water" (A.E. Gredianus) were performed on the same stage in 1977. "The Fresh of the Old Dealer" (Federico García Lorca) in 1978, "The Preventable Rise of Arturo Ui" (Bertolt Brecht) in 1979, "Sacrifice" (Güngör Dilmen) in 1980, "Yunus Emre" (Recep Bilginer) in 1981, "Illustrated Ottoman History" (Turgut) in 1982.

Özakman) at the Ankara Art Theatre, in 1983, "The Life of Galileo" (Bertolt Brecht) at the same theater, in 1985, "Glass Figurines" (Tennessee Williams) at the Ankara State Theatre, in 1987, "Kılıç ve Ney" (Turan Oflazoğlu), in 1988, "Fadik Kız" (Orhan Asenal), "Hundreds of Flowers Bloomed Suddenly" (Tarık Buğra) in 1989, "Uyarca" (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) in 1992, "Explode a Shakespeare" (Semih Sergen) in 1993, "Seagull" (Anton Chekhov) in 1995, "Illustrated Ottoman History" (Turgut Özakman) in 1997.

He appeared on the stage with many works such as "Playing with Fire" (Nihat Asya) and "Visitor" (Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt) in 1998. At the Istanbul State Theatre, he performed Ronald Harwood's "Tafmak" in 2003 and Friedrich Dürrenmatt's "Uyarca" in 2005.

Reşat Tarık Ünlüoğlu, who died at the age of 68 after a year-long lung cancer treatment in Istanbul on October 1, 2019, was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery after his funeral held in Levent Mosque on October 3.

Tarık Ünlüoğlu was born on August 9, 1951 in Izmir, Türkiye. He passed away on October 1, 2019.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in a total of 27 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Valley of the Wolves (2003) — Saw Necmi
• A Bandit Cannot Rule the World (2015) — Ünal Kaplan
• Europe Europe (2011) — Ferdi Koparan
• Silver (2005) — Tarik
• Yeditepe Istanbul (2001) — Cem Balkan
• Baby (2006)
• My Mother is an Angel (2008) — Cahit Turuncu
• You Are My Target (2018) — Adnan
• Breakwater (2008)
• Cumhuriyet (1998) — Ziya Hurşit Bey
• A Tale of Yusuf (2014) — Cevdet Pasha
• Kara Bela (2015) — Atılgan

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.