Tanju Gürsu

Born

27 October 1938

Place of birth

Trabzon

Died

7 June 2016 (aged 77)

On Avşar Film

appeared in 1 series

Tanju Gürsu was born on 27 October 1938 in the İskenderpaşa neighborhood of Trabzon. After graduating from Trabzon High School, he entered the Faculty of Law at Istanbul University but left school in his third year.

He entered cinema in 1962 by winning a competition organized by Ses magazine; the same year he stood in front of the camera for the first time in the film Fosforlu Oyuna Gelmez. In 1964 he came to the fore with the role of Murat Bakırcıoğlu in Gurbet Kuşları, directed by Halit Refiğ. Fosforlu Cevriyem, in which he co-starred with Türkan Şoray, is also among the notable productions of his career. In the 1990s he focused on television and played Arif Demirkol for five years in the series Böyle mi Olacaktı.

He won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 25th Altın Portakal Film Festival for the film Kurtar Beni and the Best Actor award at the 34th Altın Portakal for the film Köpekler Adası; in 2003 he was deemed worthy of the Lifetime Honorary Award at the same festival.

Gürsu, who worked as a producer by founding Anıt Film, wrote screenplays and directed five films, including Erkek Kazım and Yuvasızlar. He was among the founders of SESAM, SODER and FİYAP. He died in Istanbul on 7 June 2016.

Gürsu appeared in Avşar Film's 2006 series Kırık Kanatlar.