Famous People with Name Akin

Fatih Akin, Film Director            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish, German

Fatih Akin, Film Director: Turkish-German film director

Filiz Akin – Actress            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Filiz Akin – Actress: a Turkish film actress. She is one of the famous actresses in the history of Turkish cinema with more than 120 films, mostly in the 1960's and 1970's.

Sunay Akin            Origin/Culture/Country: Turkish

Sunay Akin: a Turkish poet, writer, TV host, and journalist. He is also a philanthropist and is the founder of Istanbul Toy Museum, a showcase of thousands of antique toys from around the world.

Henry T. Akin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry T. Akin: American basketball player.He played collegiately for Morehead State University.

Philip Akin            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Philip Akin: a Canadian actor who has been active for over thirty years in stage, film, and television. He has had featured roles in major American films such as The Sum of All Fears, S.W.A.T., and Get Rich or Die Tryin’. He has also done much voice work, including voicing the character of Bishop for the X-Men animated series and Tripp Hansen in Monster Force.Akin was born in Kingston, Jamaica as a middle brother of five sons. His parents moved to Oshawa, Ontario in 1953, and he and his brothers followed suit the next year. He has lived there ever since. Shortly after attending high school, Akin attended Toronto’s Ryerson Theatre School. In 1975, he became the school’s first acting graduate, landing a role just a few days later in a Shaw Festival production of Caesar and Cleopatra.