Çetin Tekindor

Çetin Tekindor graduated from Ankara State Conservatory in 1970 He made his theatrical debut with the play IV Murat He taught Stage and Diction at Hacettepe University State Conservatory and later continued this role at Bilkent Universitys Theatre Department until 1998 He gained wider recognition for voicing the character of Police Chief Stewart McMillan played by Rock Hudson in the TRT television series McMillan and Wife which aired from 19761977 He later became a wellknown figure in the 1983 television series Küçük Ağa directed by Yücel Çakmaklı His first appearance on the big screen was in the film Kaçamak 1987 directed by Başar Sabuncu in which he shared the lead roles with Müjde Ar While acting in theatrical plays and providing voiceovers for foreign films and TV series broadcast on TRT he also appeared in TV series such as Dönemeç 1988 and Önce Canan 1988 and in TV films such as Son Türbedar 1996 and Kerem 1999 Following this he took on a significant role as Sinan nicknamed King in the highly successful TV series Yılan Hikayesi 1999 This was followed by the TV series Tutku Çemberi 2000 Üzgünüm Leyla 2002 and Çaylak 2003 In the same year he won the Best Actor award at the 2003 Ankara Film Festival for his role in his second feature film Karşılaşma Also in 2003 the TV series Bir İstanbul Masalı achieved considerable success on television In 2004 he starred in the TV series Şeytan Ayrıntıda Gizlidir adapted from Ahmet Ümits crime novel of the same name That same year he starred in two feature films The first was Anlat İstanbul a film with five different stories by five different Turkish directors and the second was Babam ve Oğlum directed by Çağan Irmak which achieved great box office success in Türkiye In this film where he portrayed Hüseyin Efendi a village headman from İzmir Tekindor won Best Actor Awards at the 27th SİYAD Turkish Cinema Awards and the 13th ÇASOD Awards Tekindor continues to work in film and television acting