Köksal Engür

Köksal Engür
Born
İsmail Köksal Engür

5 March 1946 (1946-03-05)
Kars, Turkey
Died26 March 2023 (2023-03-27) (aged 77)
Istanbul, Turkey
OccupationActor
Spouse
Jale Engür
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(m. 1976; div. 2017)​
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İsmail Köksal Engür (5 March 1946 – 26 March 2023) was a Turkish actor and voice actor, whose career spanned over six decades.

Life and career

Born in Kars, Engür started his career as a child actor in 1956,[3] and got his first personal success starring in the children TV show Oyun Treni.[4] Graduated from the Department of Theatre of the Ankara University, he was active on stage, films, radio and television, and among his best known roles were Ak Sakallı Dede in the series Leyla and Mecnun, and Ali Osman in the film Oflu Hoca'nın Şifresi [tr] and in its sequel.[3][4] Also a dubber, among the actors he lent his voice were Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, Roger Bumpass, Robin Williams.[5]

Engür died of kidney failure on 26 March 2023, at the age of 77.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Köksal Engür kimdir, öldü mü, neden öldü? İsmail Köksal Engür hayatı kariyeri film ve dizileri". Milliyet (in Turkish). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b Vardan, Uğur (28 March 2023). "'Oyun Treni'yle başlayan muhteşem bir yolculuk: Köksal Engür çok özel bir ses ve ışıktı". Hürriyet (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Sanatçı Köksal Engür yaşamını yitirdi". NTV News (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 April 2023.