Haldun Dormen

Biography

Ahmet Haldun Dormen (born 5 April 1928) is a Turkish theater, movie and TV series actor and film director. Dormen is of Turkish Cypriot descent. His father Sait Ömer Bey was a Cypriot businessman, while his mother Nimet Rüştü Hanım was the daughter of a pasha from Istanbul. His family settled in Şişli before Dormen's first birthday. He had his first acting experience on stage as a junior high school student at the Galatasaray High School, portraying a character in a play titled Demirbank. He finished his education at the Robert College. At the age of eight, his left foot was injured due to an accident. For his theater education, he went to the USA and studied at Yale University. He graduated with a master's degree. For two years, he worked as an actor and director in various theaters in the United States. He performed in 4 plays in Pasadena Playhouse in Hollywood. When he returned to Istanbul, he entered the Küçük Sahne stage under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul and had his first role in front of the Turkish audience with the play Cinayet Var.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Girgiriye (1981) — Televizyoncu
2. Dadı (2001) — Uşak Pertev
3. Yeşil Işık (2002) — Yakup
4. You Can Do It, My Dear! (2022) — Self
5. Sweetie (2022) — Self
6. Her Sey Mumkun (2017)
7. Bizimkiler: Hüdaverdi - Pırtık (1971) — Ali
8. Vuurzee (2005) — Sezai
9. Hicran Sokağı (2007) — Seyfettin Usta
10. Şeytan Tüyü (2016) — Özdemir Horozoğlu
11. That Woman (1982) — Modacı
12. Güzel Bir Gün İçin (1965)
13. Yes, Minister (2004) — Burhan
14. Türkstar (2004) — Host
15. Tired Warrior (1993)
16. Kibarlık Budalası (2020)
17. Ertuğrul Muhsin Bey: Bir Tutkunun Kahramanı (2023) — konuşmacı
18. Bitmeyen Yolculuk (2018)
19. Adım Adım (2016)
20. Düşkünüm Sana (1983)
21. Hain (2024)
22. Tete ve Masal: Rüyalar Diyarı (2025)
23. İzzet Günay Belgeseli (2008) — Self
24. Popstar Türkiye (2003) — Self - Host
25. Aşkın Halleri (2012)
26. Sedef Kabaş ile Portreler (1997)

Directed

1. Bozuk Düzen (1966) — Director
2. Bin Yıl Önce (1985) — Director
3. Güzel Bir Gün İçin (1965) — Director
4. Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (1989) — Director
5. A Thousand Years Later. (1985) — Director
6. Hisseli Harikalar Kumpanyası (2007) — Director
7. Kocakarılar (1990) — Director
8. Felekten Bir Gün (1987) — Director
9. A Strange Murder (1989) — Director
10. The Forgotten (1974) — Director
11. Lüküs Hayat (1989) — Director