Şevket Altuğ (born 13 March 1943) is a Turkish actor.
Biography
Altuğ was born in
Bandırma
Bandırma ()Greek: Panormos(Πανορμος)is a municipality and district of Balıkesir Province, northwestern Turkey. Its area is 755 km2, and its population is 167,363 (2024). Bandırma is located in the south of the Marmara Sea, in the ...
and grew up in
Istanbul
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where he studied at
Galatasaray High School
Galatasaray High School (, ), established in Istanbul in 1481, is the oldest and Selective school, highly selective high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was establi ...
. He began his theatre career in 1962 and worked continuously for five years at AEG. He married fellow theatre actress Jale Altuğ in 1971 and became the father of two children.
Altuğ acted in many cinema films in the 1970s and 1980s including ''Kapıcılar Kralı'', ''Meraklı Köfteci'', ''Aile Şerefi'', ''Hasip ile Nasip'', ''Mağlup Edilemeyenler'', ''Şabanoğlu Şaban'', ''Gülen Gözler'', ''Hababam Sınıfı Dokuz Doğuruyor'', ''Düşman'', ''Dolap Beygiri'', ''Yedi Bela Hüsnü'', ''Şekerpare'' and ''Tokatçı''. After making his television debut in ''Seyehatname'', he did the part of Şakir in the comedy series ''Perihan Abla''. Beginning in 1993, he played the lead role of Fikret ("Fiko") in ''Süper Baba'' which became one of the popular and beloved television series in Turkey.
Filmography
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1943 births
Living people
Golden Butterfly Award winners
People from Balıkesir
Turkish male film actors
Turkish male stage actors
Turkish male television actors