Tuncer Necmioğlu

Tuncer Necmioğlu — Biography

Tuncer Necmioğlu was among the figures of Turkish theatre known for their social and political engagement, and in film and television a veteran character actor with more than 150 productions to his name. A founder of the Halk Oyuncuları company, he also worked as a screenwriter and director and was recognised as a theatre critic. He died in Istanbul on 20 August 2006; one of his last roles was in the series Hacı.

His stage career began in university theatre while he was studying at the Faculty of Medicine and in mechanical engineering at Istanbul Technical University; rather than finish a degree he gave himself entirely to the stage. He worked at Arena and the Ankara Sanat Theatre, and in 1967 co-founded Halk Oyuncuları with Tuncel Kurtiz, Umur Bugay, Aydın Engin and Müjdat Gezen. The company dissolved in 1971. From 1978 Necmioğlu performed with the State Theatres, retiring at his own request in 1994.

He entered cinema in 1965 alongside Yılmaz Güney in Beyaz Atlı Adam, and went on to appear in films such as Malkoçoğlu, Çirkin Kral Affetmez, Cemo, Günahsızlar, Karılar Koğuşu and Yağmur Beklerken, and played Çaycı Cebrail in the series Saygılar Bizden. He won the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for Karılar Koğuşu and for Yağmur Beklerken, and in 2005 received the festival's Yıldırım Önal Memorial Award. He stood as the Workers' Party candidate for mayor of Beyoğlu in 1999 but did not win.