Ali Güney

Born

1956

Place of birth

Şanlıurfa

Died

24 August 2022 (aged 66)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 movie

Ali Güney was born in 1956 in the Siverek district of Şanlıurfa. He moved to Izmir when he was nine; in his youth he worked at jobs such as simit vendor, factory worker and freight hauler.

In 1972 he began writing photo-novel scripts, and the following year he moved into cinema. Güney, who stepped onto the big screen through the director Remzi Aydın Jöntürk, later appeared in twenty of Natuk Baytan's films. From 1977 he also worked as a producer; he served as production manager and assistant director on thirty to forty films. He became known especially for his villain roles.

In the 1990s he appeared on stage in the plays Hayırsız Evlat and İstanbul-Paris, and he founded the İstanbul Yeşilçam Tiyatrosu, carrying out touring theater work in schools. Güney, who also acted in the German production Auf Achse, later appeared in the films Üçüncü Sayfa, New York'ta Beş Minare and Mucize and in the series Leyla ile Mecnun. He died on 24 August 2022 at the age of 66.

Güney appeared in Avşar Film's 2015 film Pişt.