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Numan Acar (born 7 October 1974) is a Turkish-German actor and film producer.[1]

Numan Acar
Born (1974-10-07) 7 October 1974 (age 50)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active2003–present

Life and career

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Acar was born in 1974 in Kozoglu, a small village in the Kelkit district of Turkey; he lived in the nearby city of Erzincan until 1982, when his family emigrated to Germany. Acar earned a degree in civil engineering, then switched his focus to acting. He started performing in both Turkish and German films, then started Acar Entertainment in 2007, producing German-Turkish movies.

After numerous roles in Turkish, German and South Korean film and television productions, Acar played his first role in an American production in 2014, as Haissam Haqqani in season four of Homeland. He reprised the role in 2020 for Homeland's eighth and final season.

He portrayed Dmitri Smerdyakov in the 2019 Marvel film, Spider-Man: Far From Home.[2]

Acar, who lives in Berlin, speaks several languages fluently including German, Turkish, Spanish and English and has knowledge of Kurdish, Azerbaijani and Arabic.[1]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Note
2003 Angelina Murat Short film
Linie X 1. Türke Short film
2004 Riechen Mann Short film
Kebab Connection Schwertkämpfer
2005 Max and Moritz Reloaded Bülent, Fighter
2006 7 Short film
Killing the Shadows (Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?) Trasci Ali
Lieben Hakan
Cenneti Beklerken Mustafa
Eve Giden Yol 1914 Vartolu Settar
2007 Refugee (Mülteci) Azad
2008 Run for Your Life! [de] Salih
For a Moment, Freedom (Ein Augenblick Freiheit)
Dot (Punkt)
Pure Random The Killed Short film
Last Look Boom Operator
2009 Fire! Rashid
The Basement Terek
2010 Time You Change (Zeiten ändern dich) Jussuf
Takiye: Allah yolunda Mesut
The Coming Days Botschafter
2011 Kokowääh Arbeiter Gewerbehof
Labirent Bk44
2012 Berlin Kaplani Hodcha
Schutzengel TV Reporter Türkei
2013 The Berlin File Abdul
The Immortalizer Hassan Short film
2014 Vergrabene Stimmen Kaan
Flying Home Karadeniz
Rosewater Rahim
The Cut Alpasan Uncredited
2015 Point Break Turkish doorman
2016 Ali and Nino Seyid Mustafa
The Promise Mustafa
The Great Wall Najid
Sister Moon Feuerwolf Short film
2017 In the Fade Nuri Sekerci
2018 12 Strong Mullah Razzan
2019 Aladdin Hakim
Spider-Man: Far From Home Dimitri Smerdyakov
2020 In the Shadows Zait
2023 Paradise Viktor
TBA The Way of the Wind

Television

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Year Title Role Note
2003 Fast perfekt verlobt TV film
Nach so vielen Jahren Stage Worker TV film
Mit einem Rutsch ins Glück Tango lehrer TV film
2005 Die Gerichtsmedizinerin Metzger Episode: "Die letzte Reise"
2006 SOKO Kitzbühel Bollywood Film Hero Episode: "Blumen für die Diva"
Freunde für immer – Das Leben ist rund Indischer Taxifahrer Episode: "Elf Freunde"
2007 Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich Jugo 2 episodes
CÖT (Cok Özel Tim) Mahir 1 episode
Menekşe ile Halil Mehmet Episode: "The Escape"
2008 Bible Code (Der Bibelcode) Victor TV film
Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei Hassan Episode: "Am Ende der Jugend"
2009 Lasko – Die Faust Gottes Prinz Jamal al Raschid Episode: "Der Ölprinz"
2011 Homicide Unit Istanbul (Mordkommission Istanbul) Cemil Episode: "Der Preis des Lebens"
Kung Fu Mama Jussuf TV film
Nina sieht es ...!!! Santini TV film
Men Are Wired One Way, Women Another [de] Rezeptionist TV film
2012 Cologne P.D. (SOKO Köln) Darko Episode: "Fischer gegen Fischer"
Blood Eagle [de] Mamoot TV film
2013 Achtung Polizei! Taifun TV film
2014–2020 Homeland Haissam Haqqani Main Cast (seasons 4, 8)
2015 Crossing Lines Borz Dudayev Episode: "Expose"
2017 Prison Break Abu Ramal 3 episodes
2018 Lore Dirvick Mirandesh Episode: "Prague Clock: The Curse of Orloj"
2018–2022 Jack Ryan Tony 2 episodes

References

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  1. ^ a b Actors' profile (in German)
  2. ^ N'Duka, Amanda (17 July 2018). "'Spider-Man: Far From Home' Adds Numan Acar". Deadline. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
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