Çetin Tekindor

Known for ActingBorn 1945-07-16 (age 80)Sivas, Türkiye

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 University's 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 1976-1977. He later became a well-known 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 Ümit's 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Çaylak

Golden Boy

The Devil's in the Details

Yavrularım

Ayla: The Daughter of War

Küçük Ağa

Insider

Kabuslar Evi: Hayal-i Cihan

Ödünç Hayat

My Grandfather's People

My Father and My Son

Karadayi

Asi

Hunting Season

Bir Çocuk Sevdim

The Republic

Encounter

Üzgünüm Leyla

İstanbul Tales

An Istanbul Tale

My Father

Mehmed: The Conqueror

Yılan Hikayesi

The Messenger

Ugly

First Love

Dersimiz: Atatürk

Deli Saraylı

Impromptu

Anadolu Kaplanı

Rüya Gibi

Tutku Çemberi