Ediz Hun


Ediz Hun is a Turkish film actor and politician.

Biography

Hun was born in 1940 to a Circassian father and a Turkish mother.
After studying at the St. George's Austrian High School in Istanbul, he graduated in Biology and Environmental Science from the University of Trondheim in Norway. After he had participated in a contest organized by Ses magazine he was noticed by producers. He made his debut in 1963 with "Genç Kızlar" opposite Hülya Koçyiğit. He went on to become a household name, sometimes acting in more than 10 films in a year.
On 3 March 1973, he married socialite Berna after a highly publicized affair. The couple has two children, a daughter, Bengü and a son, Burak. In 1985, he became a lecturer at Marmara University. He decided to try his hand at politics and became a member of parliament for the Anavatan Partisi, between the years 1999 and 2002.

Selected filmography