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Köksal Engür

Köksal Engür

Actor · died at 77

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Age at death77
Birth dateMarch 5, 1946
BirthplaceKars
DiedMarch 26, 2023
ProfessionActor, Voice actor
Zodiac signPisces

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Köksal Engür — Biography

İsmail Köksal Engür was born in Kars on 5 March 1946 to Hatice Enise and Cemil Engür; he began performing before finishing school, taking part in short radio plays on TRT Ankara Radio's children's programme in 1956, and graduated from the Theatre Department of Ankara University's Faculty of Language, History and Geography in 1969. He appeared on stage with private companies including Ankara Halkevi, Dormen Theatre, Ali Poyrazoğlu Theatre and Kent Oyuncuları, winning an Afife Theatre Award for his performances in Molly Sweeney and Tek Kişilik Şehir. He became widely known for playing Aksakallı Dede in Leyla ile Mecnun and Sıddık in Zerda, won best supporting actor at the Ankara Film Festival for Korkuyorum Anne, and received a Sadri Alışık award for Sen Kimsin?. A prolific voice actor, he dubbed Hollywood stars such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams into Turkish, and also voiced Bert in the Turkish Sesame Street, the cartoon cowboy Lucky Luke, Squidward in SpongeBob SquarePants and Master Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda films. He divorced his wife, Jale Engür, in 2017 after 41 years of marriage. Köksal Engür died in Istanbul on 26 March 2023 at 77 from complications of kidney failure, and was buried at Karacaahmet Cemetery.

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Köksal Engür looks at home in Onur Ünlü's world: Ak Sakallı Dede / Karabasan in Leyla ile Mecnun, Turan Altayli in Celal Tan ve Ailesinin Aşırı Acıklı Hikayesi. Both ask an actor to carry absurd and dark comedy with a straight face, and in my view Engür keeps that balance. As Rasih in Reha Erdem's tragicomic Korkuyorum Anne, he tests the same seriousness on different ground.

Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Köksal Engür's Ak Sakallı Dede turns up both in Leyla ile Mecnun and in the hard-edged Behzat Ç.: Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, so the same figure moves from absurd comedy to dark police drama. Mehmet Ali Saruhanlı in Baba sits entirely inside a dramatic family story. Together the three series show that Engür is not tied to a single tone.

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