Levent Öktem

Haluk Levent Öktem is a Turkish artist born in Izmir in 1955. He has a career spanning many years in the fields of theater, cinema and TV series acting. Öktem, a graduate of Ankara State Conservatory, has gained experience in different roles such as teaching and directing, as well as acting.

He started his artistic career at the Istanbul State Theater in 1979, and then taught young actors as a lecturer at the Istanbul University State Conservatory in 1980-1981. He worked as an instructor at Bilsak Theater Workshop between 1992 and 1994, and in 2003 he started teaching at Theater Pera's Fine Arts Theater Department.

Öktem, who founded Bi Theater with Nihat İleri and Laçin Ceylan in the 2006-2007 season, has been taking part in cinema, television and voice-over projects since 1982.

He acted at Theater An Der Ruhr in Germany between 1995 and 1997 and participated in various tours in Italy and Sweden. The artist has performed in many classical and contemporary plays throughout his career and continues to transfer his experience in the field of theater to different generations.

Levent Öktem, who took part in cinema and television as well as theater acting, appeared before the audience with the roles he took. Focusing on his work in the field of theater, the artist played important roles, especially in the works of Shakespeare, Chekhov and modern Turkish playwrights.

Levent Öktem was born in 1955 in Izmir, Türkiye.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 21 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Resurrection: Ertuğrul (2014) — Petruccio Manzini
• Galip Derviş (2013) — Dr. Euphrates
• Halka (2019) — Altemur
• Dip (2018) — Artun
• Dayton (2023) — Alija Izetbegović
• Sea Expatriates (1991)
• Inside My Heart (2012) — Hasan Özdemir
• Silent Night (2005)
• Cloud in the Air (2003) — King
• You Are My Home (2012) — Doctor
• Oriental Nightingale (1979) — Casino Manager
• Son of the Sun (2008) — Nevzad Trabzon

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.