Dost Elver

Hakan Dost Elver was born on August 8, 1972 in Istanbul. Coming from a family familiar with the theater and art scene of the same city, Elver's father was the well-known actor Yusuf Elver. However, at a young age, he decided to follow in the footsteps of his father, who passed away in 1997, and turned to performing arts.

After completing his high school education, he studied at the theater department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University State Conservatory.

After working for a short time at the State Theaters following his graduation, he joined the Oya Başar-Levent Kırca Theater to further consolidate his stage experience. He took his first step in front of the camera with Olacak O Kadar, a comedy series based on sketches broadcast in the 90s. In addition to her artistic life, she also took an important step in her private life and married Şirvan Elver in 1998.

In 2002, he presented the program Pazar Yıldız'ı, which was broadcast on Star TV, together with Ebru Şallı. A year later, he became widely known for his character Tarık in the popular TV series Sihirli Annem. The series was about the marriage of Bedüş, who has extraordinary powers, and Sadık, a normal person, and their subsequent adventures.

In the project, he worked with names such as İnci Türkay, Şahap Sayılgan, Nevra Serezli, Defne Joy Foster and Gül Onat. In 2004, he took part in the movie Hırsız Var! with master actors Mehmet Ali Erbil, Gamze Özçelik, Gülse Birsel, Haluk Bilginer, Birol Ünel and Fatih Akın.

In 2007, he played the character of Ayhan in the movie Son Ders: Aşk ve Üniversitesi, which also starred Ferhan Şensoy. The film dealt with the tension that arose when a man, who had to change his identity for political reasons years ago, wanted to help his student. In the project, he worked with actors such as Kaan Urgancıoğlu, Ece Uslu and Ekin Türkmen.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 30 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Forced President (2009) — Saffet
• My Emret Commander (2005) — Private Kadri Sakaoğlu
• Europe Europe (2011) — Sualp Gerçek
• Double Trouble (2001) — Burak
• Bahtiyar Ölmez (2017)
• Strange Stories (2012)
• Charlie at Work (2001)
• The Door (2023)
• C Team (2024)
• That's All It Will Be (1988)
• Laz Kit (2020)
• Career (2015)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.