Salih Güney

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Salih Güney (born January 1, 1945) is a Turkish film actor.

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Salih Güney was born in Adana in 1945. He graduated in theatre from the republican conservatory of Ankara. He made his film debut in Haldun Dormen's "Bozuk Düzen". He has gone on to act in over 150 films and series.

He started acting professionally on stage and in movies when he was only 19 years old. He is considered the 'James Dean' of Turkey, a rebellios and attractive star of the Turkish movies. In 1969 he stopped acting on stage, not because he wanted too, but because the producers said that with all his work on the stage he would not get a great part in movies. He was then 25 years old.

In that same year he starred in an Columbian picture " You Can't Win Them All" with Tony Curtis, Charles Bronson and Michelle Mercier. After this big production he went to Sweden and England to develop his skills behind the camera instead of before. He moved to the United States and became an US citizen.

He now lives in Europe and still appears on tv regularly. Besides acting he has now another big love in his life: archeology. He is a stand for that archeology from Turkey stays in Turkey and fought for bringing back the stolen sculpture of Heracles, what appeared in an private collection in the USA.

He has two daughters.