İzzet Günay
Actor
Biography
İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor. He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades.
Günay studied at Haydarpaşa High School and Deniz High School. He worked at the İstanbul Municipal Public Works department and then in the lignite business. Günay answered a casting call in a newspaper and ended up being cast in Haldun Dormen's play Kara Ağaçlar Altında. He then appeared in several other plays such as Sokak Kızı İrma, and Pasifik Şarkısı Zafer Madalyası. In 1959, Günay made his film debut in the Kemal Film production Kırık Plak as Zeki Müren's driver. After a number of small roles, he landed the main role in Varan Bir. For a short time, he had a musical career in classical music. He won the Best Actor award at the Antalya Golden Orange Festival for his role in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür in 1964.
Filmography
Nebahat The Driver
1970
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
as Self 2019
Kezban in Paris
as Ayhan 1971
Mr E.
1995
You Can Do It, My Dear!
as Self 2022
Kezban
as Ferit 1968
Some Like it Hot
as Naci 1964
This Is How Destiny Wanted
as Ahmet 1968
Unutulmayanlar
as İzzet 1981
Asfalt Rıza
as Asfalt Rıza 1964
Crossroads
as Bilal 1970
The Broken Disk
1959
İncili Çavuş
as Zehir Ali 1968
Suya Düşen Hayal
as Burhan Tayfuroğlu 1972
Bebek Gibi Maşallah
as Kemal 1971
Sefiller
as Nazım 1967