à Âener à Âen (born 26 December 1941) is a Turkish film and theatre actor who has won the Golden Orange for Best Actor twice for his roles in Muhsin Bey (1985) and Gönül Yarasñ (2005), the Golden Orange for Best Supporting Actor for ÃÂöpçüler Kralñ (1977) and a Golden Orange Lifetime Achievement Award. A prominent actor of classic films in the Turkish cinema, he has played a wide range of iconic characters in various genres, including drama, comedy. He received the distinction of "Turkish state artist" in 1998.
à Âener à Âen is the son of actor Ali à Âen and the brother of actress ðnci à Âen. à Âener à Âen began acting in 1958 at the age of 17 as an amateur at the Yeà Âil Sahne Theater in CaÃÂaloÃÂlu. From 1964 to 1966 he taught in elementary schools in the villages of eastern Anatolia. In 1966 he returned to the stage at the City Theater in Istanbul. He made his film debut with a small role in the drama film So-Called Girls (1967), directed by Nejat Saydam.
He was the one of ensemble cast in classic comedy films , Tosun Paà Âa, Gülen Gözler, Süt Kardeà Âler, à ÂabanoÃÂlu à Âaban, Neà Âeli Günler, .
Since 1980s, he continued as lead role in more than thirty films.
For his role as Nazñm in Yavuz Turgul's movie Gönül Yarasñ (2005), he won the "Best Actor" award at the 42nd International Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival. His roles in the movies Kabadayñ (2007) and Av Mevsimi (2010) in which he shared the leading role with ÃÂetin Tekindor and Cem Yñlmaz are among his latest works. In 2015, à Âen appeared in a commercial for Aygaz.
On 28 December 2016, at the Presidential Culture and Arts Grand Prize ceremony, he received an award from President Recep Tayyip ErdoÃÂan after which he said: "Stories tell us how we can live life. I have carefully selected the characters I've portrayed to serve the good and right. I believed that societies looking for good, right and beauty will always live in peace. I accept this award with the hope of contributing to our social peace."
à Âen is the father of one daughter, Bengü à Âen (b. 1974) from his first marriage.