Who is Hayat Van Eck? Life and key facts

Hayat Van Eck (b. 30 May 2000, Amsterdam) is a Dutch-Turkish theater and film actor. He played the leading actor in the movie Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu, playing World Weightlifting Champion Naim Süleymanoğlu.

Vital

Born in Amsterdam to a Dutch father and a Turkish mother originally from Ankara, Van Eck lived in the Netherlands until the age of 6, then moved to Izmir with his family and grew up here. Van Eck, who played the role of Gaza in the 2017 film More, written by Onur Saylak, received many awards for this performance, including the Promising Young Actor award at the 24th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival.

Filmography

2023 — Taurus Taurus — Gaza — Supporting actor — Netflix
2017 — More — Gaza — Leading actor
2019 — Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu — Naim Süleymanoğlu — Lead actor
2023 — Together — Kemal — Lead actor
2025 — Bi' Umut — Alihan — Leading actor

Hayat Van Eck was born on May 30, 2000 in Amsterdam, Holland.

Hayat Van Eck was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands in 2000. His father is Dutch and his mother is from Ankara. After living in Amsterdam until the age of 6, when they came to Turkey in 2006, they settled in Izmir and registered with the agency called Şafak Fişek.

He played the character of Gaza in his first movie, "daha".

Hayat Van Eck played the character of Gaza in the movie "daha", adapted from Hakan Günday's novel of the same name and directed by Onur Saylak.

He played Naim Süleymanoğlu in the movie "Pocket Hercules: Naim Süleymanoğlu", which was released on November 22, 2019.