İsmail Hacıoğlu

İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of Turkey national under-18 football team coach Mehmet Hacıoğlu and brother of actress Kardelen Hacıoğlu. Since the beginning his career, he is cited as one of the best actors of his generation.^[6][7][8]

İsmail Hacıoğlu
Born	(1985-11-30) 30 November 1985 (age 39) Istanbul, Turkey
Spouse(s)	Vildan Atasever ​ ​ (m. 2010; div. 2015)​ [1][2] Duygu Kumarki ​ ​ (m. 2016; div. 2020)​ [3][4] ​ ​ (m. 2025)​ [5]
Children	1
Father	Mehmet Hacıoğlu

Career

His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He started acting when he got a role in a play in the fifth grade of elementary school. He studied Theater at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. He has been involved in theater plays for two seasons there. He played in the private theater of Aydoğan Tamer and Erdal Duman, and then at the Istanbul Youth Theater. While he was studying at Müjdat Gezen Art Center, he started dubbing ads. While playing in "Bir Istanbul Masalı", he won the theater Department of Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory but then dropped out of the university. He has appeared in many popular films and series. He has numerous awards and box office successes.^[9]

At the age of fifteen, he began his TV career with sequel series Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş. He played in hit youth series "Koçum Benim". He was cast in popular dramas "Bir İstanbul Masalı", "Beyaz Gelincik". He played in Sinekli Bakkal which based on classic novel. With his ex-wife Vildan Atasever, he played in Gece Sesleri based on novel.^{[10][11][12][13]}

He portrayed two roles as Mehmed II and Fatih İkinci in surreal period comedy "Osmanlı Tokadı" alongside Vildan Atasever, Pelin Akil. He played in period comedy "Zeyrek ile Çeyrek" which spin-off series of Filinta. He portrayed as Üsküplü Ali in historical drama "Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare".^[14]

He played two characters in "Mahkum" which won Seoul Best Series Award.^[15][16]

His web series are "Hükümsüz" and "Ölüm Kime Yakışır".

Filmography

Films
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Bana Şans Dile	Çağlar
2002	Hiçbiryerde	Boy
2003	Karşılaşma	Osman
2005	Anlat İstanbul	Fiko
2006	Sınav	Mert
2007	Kabadayı	Murat
2008	Hoşçakal Güzin	Serkan
2009	Vali	Sarp Uçar
2009	Gökten Üç Elma Düştü	Ali
2009	Başka Semtin Çocukları	Veysel
2009	Sonsuz Bir An	Volkan
2010	Çakal	Akın
2011	Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak	Ekin
2011	Türkan	Police Mustafa
2013	Meryem	Murat
2015	Sonsuz Bir Aşk	Volkan
2015	Kafes	Mehmet Sipahi
2016	Mahrumlar	Kutlu	TV Film
2016	Lokman İlyas	İlyas
2016	Kayıp İnci	Cemal
2017	Ayla	Süleyman Dilbirliği
2019	Cep Herkülü: Naim Süleymanoğlu	Mehmet Tunç
2019	Şuursuz Aşk	Yusuf
2019	Türk İşi Dondurma	Kaptan
2022	Kesişme: İyi ki Varsın Eren	Ferhat Gedik
2023	49[17]	Oğuz
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş
2002	Koçum Benim	Ali
2003–2005	Bir İstanbul Masalı	Ozan Kozan
2005–2007	Beyaz Gelincik	Mehmet Ali Aslanbaş
2007	Sinekli Bakkal	Onur
2008–2009	Gece Sesleri	Yağız Haksever
2008	Beni Unutma	Guest
2011	Şüphe	Aziz Kutlu
2011–2012	Firar	Civan
2013–2014	Osmanlı Tokadı	Mehmed II / Fatih İkinci
2015	Zeyrek ile Çeyrek	Meftun
2017	Kayıtdışı	Nejat Ateş
2018–2019	Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare	Üsküplü Ali
2019–2020	Çocuk	Hasan Çetin
2020	Zümrüdüanka	Cihan Gürtuna
2021–2022	Mahkum	Barış Yesari / Savaş Yesari
2023	Taçsız Prenses	Evgin
Web series
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Hükümsüz	Selim	Exxen
TBA	Ölüm Kime Yakışır		TV+

Awards

• 2003 – 40th Antalya Film Festival – Hopeful Young Actor for The Encounter (Karşılaşma)
• 2003 – 15th Ankara Film Festival – Mehmet Emin Toprak - Hopeful New Actor for The Encounter
• 2003 – 25th Siyad Türk Cinema Awards – Hopeful Artist of the Year for The Encounter
• 2004 – 11th ÇASOD "Best Actor" Awards – Hopeful Actor for The Encounter
• 2009 – 20th Ankara Film Festival Awards – "Best Supporting Actor" - Üç Elma Düştü
• 2011 – 16th Sadri Alışık Awards – "Best Actor of the Year" -Çakal – Erhan Kozan

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