İzzet Günay

İzzet Günay (born 21 August 1934) is Turkish film and stage actor.

He is one of the most experienced and well-known Turkish actors with appearances in more than 100 films across six decades.

Günay answered a casting call in a newspaper and ended up being cast in Haldun Dormen's play Kara Ağaçlar Altında.

He then appeared in several other plays such as Sokak Kızı İrma, and Pasifik Şarkısı Zafer Madalyası.

He won the Best Actor award at the Antalya Golden Orange Festival for his role in Ağaçlar Ayakta Ölür in 1964.