Numan Acar
Numan Acar (born 7 October 1974) is a Turkish-German actor and film producer.
Also recorded as Numan Açar
Numan Acar
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- Born
- 1974. · Kozoğlu.
- Nationality
- Turkey.
- Occupation
- actor, screenwriter, film producer and director.
- Fields
- acting, film production and film direction.
- Languages
- Turkish and German.
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Early life and education
Early life and education
Numan Acar was born on 7 October 1974 in the village of Kozoglu in Turkey, before his family emigrated to Germany in 1982. After completing high school, he did a bricklaying apprenticeship. He then studied civil engineering in Wiesbaden, graduating in 2001. While at university, he discovered his love of acting after filling in on stage for another actor.
Career
Career
Acar 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.
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Personal life
Acar, who lives in Berlin, speaks several languages fluently including German, Turkish, Spanish, and English, and also has knowledge of Kurdish, Azerbaijani, and Arabic.
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