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Çetin Tekindor

Çetin Tekindor

Birthday: 1945-07-16 | Place of Birth: Sivas, Türkiye

Çetin Tekindor graduated from Ankara State Conservatory in 1970. He made his theatrical debut with the play "IV. Murat". He taught "Stage and Diction" at Hacettepe University State Conservatory, and later continued this role at Bilkent University's Theatre Department until 1998. He gained wider recognition for voicing the character of Police Chief Stewart McMillan, played by Rock Hudson, in the TRT television series "McMillan and Wife" which aired from 1976-1977. He later became a well-known figure in the 1983 television series "Küçük Ağa" directed by Yücel Çakmaklı. His first appearance on the big screen was in the film "Kaçamak" (1987), directed by Başar Sabuncu, in which he shared the lead roles with Müjde Ar. While acting in theatrical plays and providing voiceovers for foreign films and TV series broadcast on TRT, he also appeared in TV series such as Dönemeç (1988) and Önce Canan (1988), and in TV films such as Son Türbedar (1996) and Kerem (1999). Following this, he took on a significant role as Sinan, nicknamed "King" in the highly successful TV series Yılan Hikayesi (1999). This was followed by the TV series Tutku Çemberi (2000), Üzgünüm Leyla (2002), and Çaylak (2003). In the same year, he won the Best Actor award at the 2003 Ankara Film Festival for his role in his second feature film, Karşılaşma. Also in 2003, the TV series Bir İstanbul Masalı achieved considerable success on television. In 2004, he starred in the TV series Şeytan Ayrıntıda Gizlidir, adapted from Ahmet Ümit's crime novel of the same name. That same year, he starred in two feature films. The first was "Anlat İstanbul," a film with five different stories by five different Turkish directors, and the second was "Babam ve Oğlum," directed by Çağan Irmak, which achieved great box office success in Türkiye. In this film, where he portrayed Hüseyin Efendi, a village headman from İzmir, Tekindor won Best Actor Awards at the 27th SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards and the 13th ÇASOD Awards. Tekindor continues to work in film and television acting.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Golden Boy

as    Halis Korhan

2019
Ayla: The Daughter of War

as    Yaşlı Süleyman

2018
Mehmed: The Conqueror

as    Çandarlı Halil Paşa

2017
My Father

as    Yusuf Tunalı

2016
Insider

as    Celal Duman

2012
Karadayi

as    Nazif Kara

2011
My Grandfather's People

as    Mehmet Yavaş

2011
Bir Çocuk Sevdim

as    Turan Şenoğlu

2010
Hunting Season

as    Battal

2010
Deli Saraylı

as    Hüsrev Binbaşı

2010
Dersimiz: Atatürk

as    Tarihçi Dede

2008
The Messenger

as    Zekeriya

2007
Asi

as    Ihsan Kozcuoğlu

2006
First Love

as    Asaf

2006
Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan

as    Haluk

2005
My Father and My Son

as    Hüseyin

2005
İstanbul Tales

as    İhsan

2003
Encounter

as    Mahmut

2000
Üzgünüm Leyla

as    Nİhat [Koca][Avk.]

1999
Yılan Hikayesi

as    Kral

1998
The Republic

as    Reşit Galip

1988
Impromptu

as    Orhan

1984
Küçük Ağa

as    Mehmet Reşit (Küçük Ağa)