Haldun Dormen

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 Dormens 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 masters 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