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Hakan Vanlı

Hakan Vanlı

Actor · 63 years old

Ferhat Bey in the series Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı

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Age63
Birth dateMarch 1, 1963
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBrown
EducationHacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory, Theatre Department

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Hakan Vanlı — Biography

Hakan Vanlı is an actor trained on the stage who is also known for his voice. Wide audiences came to know him as Kurdoğlu in the series Diriliş Ertuğrul, while in dubbing he is remembered for voicing Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series. A member of the State Theatres company, he has also taught in acting workshops. In 2024 he returned to the screen as Ferhat Bey in Mehmed: Fetihler Sultanı.

He began on stage. After graduating from the Theatre Department of the Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory he began working at the Ankara State Theatre, appearing from the 1980s in plays such as Osmancık, Galilei'nin Yaşamı, Hayvan Çiftliği and Budala. In the late 1990s he moved to the Istanbul State Theatre, where Kral Lear, Şeyh Bedrettin, Müfettiş and Lozan belong to this period. His television career began with Üvey Baba in 2000; he played Inspector Fırat in Asmalı Konak. In 2014 Diriliş Ertuğrul raised his popularity, and he then played Nejat Aksal in Kalbimdeki Deniz (2016).

In cinema he played Cenap in Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam'ın Oğlu, Grand Vizier Sadık Muhtar in Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti and Tekin in Sağ Salim 2: Sil Baştan. As a voice artist he has worked in radio theater and dubbing, voicing the character King Weathers in Arabalar (Cars).

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Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Start Hakan Vanlı with Diriliş Ertuğrul: Kurdoğlu in a big-cast historical adventure with plenty of clashes. If you want something lighter, Karaoğlan mixes action and jokes in a single film. Kudüs Fatihi Selahaddin Eyyubi runs along the same lines, but as a longer, war-heavy series.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Hakan Vanlı keeps playing men of state and command: Kurdoğlu in Diriliş Ertuğrul, Grand Vizier Sadık Muhtar in Osmanlı Cumhuriyeti. The same figure of authority appears once in a serious historical epic and once in an alternative-history comedy where Atatürk never existed. In my view this shows, through a single actor, two faces of an era that both takes history seriously and makes fun of it.

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