Metin Akp?nar

Born in 1942 Metin Akpinar started acting at the age of 20 with an amateur dramatics society He landed his first professional stage role two years later in 1964 and this was followed by performances in several leading theatre productions In 1967 he cofounded the Devekusu Theatre Turkeys first cabaret theatre His film career took off in 1972 when he acted in the first of several Ertem Egilmez comedies to follow Soon after he developed an enduring screen partnership with the actor and director Zeki Alasya the two gaining popularity as a pair of comic dimwits It was only in the 1990s that Akpinar by now an experienced actor broke away and decided to go his own way in film theatre and television alike