Hakan Vanlı

Hakan Vanlı was born on March 1, 1963 in Ankara. After graduating from Hacettepe University State Conservatory, he started his artistic life on the theater stage. While working at the General Directorate of State Theatres, he also took part in cinema and TV series projects; He teaches acting workshops held at Duru Theatre. Vanlı, who is also known as a voice actor, has made his voice heard in radio theater and dubbing works.

He played the character of Kurdoğlu in the TV series "Diriliş: Ertuğrul", which started broadcasting on TRT 1 in December 2014 and ended in 2019. He also voiced internationally and voiced Lord Voldemort in Turkish in the Harry Potter series.

In his theater career, he staged many plays on important stages such as Ankara State Theatre, Adana State Theater and Istanbul State Theatre. It has a wide repertoire, from classics such as Athol Fughard's "The Island", Fyodor Dostoyevsky's "The Idiot", John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" to William Shakespeare's "King Lear" and "As You Like It".

Additionally, Gülriz Sururi performed “I Have Something to Say” at the Engin Cezzar Theater and “What Do You Say, Aziz?” at the Istanbul State Theatre. He also took the stage in modern productions such as.

In the field of voice acting, he worked in "Shrek" in 2001, King Weathers in "Cars" in 2006, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" in 2007, Mehmet Özgür in "Kollama" between 2008 and 2011, "How to Train Your Dragon" series in 2010 and 2014, In 2011-2012, he voiced characters such as Mete Ağır in "Kurtlar Vadisi Pusu". He diversified his sound art by taking part in Charlie Cutter in the game "Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception" in 2011, "The Amazing Spider-Man" in 2012 and "How to Train Your Dragon 3" in 2019.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 23 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014) — Kurdoğlu
• Stepfather (1998) — Adnan Ersoy
• The Sea in My Heart (2016) — Nejat Aksal
• Conqueror of Jerusalem: Saladin (2023)
• Night and Day (2008)
• Two Families (2006) — Yaman Soydan
• Mehmetçik: Kut'ül-Amare (2018) — Neccar
• Gassal (2024) — Nizameddin
• Unutulmaz (2009) — Burak
• Girls' Dormitory (2006)
• Last Exit (2015) — Losstra
• Red Apple: A Story of Conquest (2023)

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.