Haldun Dormen
Birthday: Born in 1928-04-05 in Mersin, Türkiye
Deathday: Alive
Ahmet Haldun Dormen (born 5 April 1928) is a Turkish theater, movie and TV series actor and film director. Dormen is of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father Sait Ömer Bey was a Cypriot businessman, while his mother Nimet Rüştü Hanım was the daughter of a pasha from Istanbul. His family settled in Şişli before Dormen's first birthday. He had his first acting experience on stage as a junior high school student at the Galatasaray High School, portraying a character in a play titled Demirbank. He finished his education at the Robert College. At the age of eight, his left foot was injured due to an accident. For his theater education, he went to the USA and studied at Yale University. He graduated with a master's degree. For two years, he worked as an actor and director in various theaters in the United States. He performed in 4 plays in Pasadena Playhouse in Hollywood. When he returned to Istanbul, he entered the Küçük Sahne stage under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul and had his first role in front of the Turkish audience with the play Cinayet Var.
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Sayın Bakanım
Character: Burhan
A Turkish remake of the British series called "Yes, Minister" created by Jonathon Lynn and Anthony Jay....
Vuurzee
Character: Sezai
Dutch psychological thriller. The story is set in the fictional North Holland (Netherlands) resort of Boedzand. It is April 28. The Aslan family is busy preparing a large party at the Lido, the beach pavilion that they operate. Father Osman is celebrating his 50th birthday. During the evening party, daughter Yasmin disappears. Yasmin's disappearance and the question of where she is and what happened to her has been the common thread throughout the series. The village of Boedzand is completely ...
Dadı
Character: Uşak Pertev
After being fired from her job and dumped by her boyfriend, a cosmetics saleswoman becomes the nanny to the three children of a rich widow man. As time passes, the two fall for each other....
Popstar Türkiye
Character: Self - Host
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Türkstar
Character: Host
Turkstar was a 2004 Turkish reality television singing competition show based on the popular British show Pop Idol. It was hosted by Seray Sever, Gamze Özçelik and Haldun Dormen. It had extremely low ratings and only lasted one season. Turkstar is notable for being the only Idol franchise to have featured a singing duo....
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Hicran Sokağı
Character: Seyfettin Usta
A neighborhood story with loves and fights....
Kibarlık Budalası
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You Can Do It, My Dear!
Character: Self
Throughout his impressive acting career, Haldun Dormen inspired and encouraged his theater students to work hard and follow their dreams....
Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey: Bir Tutkunun Kahramanı
Character: konuşmacı
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Bitmeyen Yolculuk
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Sweetie
Character: Self
‘Theatre is my life,’ Yıldız Kenter admits in her biography written by Dikmen Gürün. This is the story of a star, who has dedicated her whole life to her theatre company, students, the stage. Recounting the prizes received as well as the prices paid for pursuing your passion, Sweetie is a testimony to the transforming cultural landscape of the country as it tells Kenter Theatre’s story and thus how a private theatre has managed to survive. Including interviews by family members, students, fellow...
O Kadın
Character: Modacı
The film tells the story of a love affair between a doctor and his patient. Gönül is a model at a fashion house. At the insistence of her fiancé Haluk, she starts working with advertising executive Kazım. Kazım has his eye on the young woman. During a yacht trip, he agrees with Haluk and rapes Gönül. Gönül meets Dr. Cihat at the hospital where she is admitted due to the trauma she experienced. Cihat is on the verge of divorcing his wife. Gönül and Cihat fall in love with each other. However, the...
Yeşil Işık
Character: Yakup
The legendary love story of Ali and Elif. Ali, who lost everything due to the impact of September 11 on the stock market, dies of a heart attack and goes to the other side. However, he is not accepted on the other side because his time is not up. He cannot return to the world either because his liver has been transplanted into someone else. Ali's angel, Yakup, tells him that his only chance is to find the person who received his liver and kill them....
Bizimkiler: Hüdaverdi - Pırtık
Character: Ali
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Her Sey Mumkun
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Ibrahim is a plumber who lives in his own little world. One day, he wins the lottery jackpot. He decides to go on a long vacation. He starts a love affair with Pelin, a famous model staying at the same hotel. However, things are not what they seem. Ibrahim looks exactly like a famous businessman and has taken his place. Everything seems to be going smoothly as Ibrahim and Pelin are in love. On one side is Ibrahim's real life that he left behind, and on the other is his wealthy world. Amidst the ...
Şeytan Tüyü
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Turkish comedy directed by Murat Senoy....
Gırgıriye
Character: Televizyoncu
A bear-leading gypsy from the slums struggles to get back his sweetheart who works for a pavilion runner in the city, until she feels a wistful longing for where she thinks she is belong to and turns recalcitrant against the pavilion runner....
Adım Adım
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The life of Şevket, a former ballet dancer, changes suddenly when his son Tolga leaves his visually impaired daughter Ayşen with him. Devoting himself to Ayşen, who embraces life through music, Şevket finds himself in the predicament of different lives on this journey of hope....
Düşkünüm Sana
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Nükhet and Orhan are two young people who love each other. Orhan's father pressures Orhan to break up with Nükhet, and they separate. Nükhet becomes a famous singer. Orhan marries another woman and has a child. They meet Nükhet on a business trip, and their old love reignites. Nükhet, who wants to become a famous dancer, meets Selim....
Güzel Bir Gün İçin
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Hain
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With its intriguing chess-like plot, Hain explores the scheming world of those in power who consider themselves "chosen" in Turkey and around the world. The seemingly unshakeable order of this powerful group is destroyed by female heroes, and the revenge-filled story is brought to the big screen with cinematic magic....
Tete ve Masal: Rüyalar Diyarı
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