Haydar Zorlu
Haydar Zorlu (born May 4, 1967 in Mikail, Karlıova , Turkey ) is a Turkish- German actor .
Life
In 2011, Haydar Zorlu founded the currently only German-Turkish theater SanatOdası / KunstRaum in Istanbul. He finished primary school in Turkey. Zorlu lived in Cologne from 1979. He has been commuting between Istanbul and Eitorf since 2012. He discovered his love for the theater during his school days at the Stadtgymnasium Köln-Porz, where he also played the beggar king “Peachum” in Bertolt Brecht's Threepenny Opera . While studying at the University of Cologne in 1988, Zorlu got his first leading role in the short film “A Turkish Wedding”, which in 1989 received the “best short film” award in Barcelona. From 1988 to 1994 Zorlu studied German, Romance studies and political science. As early as 1989 he played the role of Moritz Jäger in Gerhart Hauptmann's Die Weber in the Oberhausen theater . Afterwards Zorlu worked for two seasons as a member of the ensemble of the Arkadaş Theater in Cologne . Further stations were the Wupper Theater , the Cologne Artists Theater, the Freie Werkstatt Theater (FWT) in Cologne and the Christallerie Wadgassen. At the Dortmund Opera House, Zorlu has played the narrator in “The fairy tale in a fairy tale” since 2009. He completed his acting training with Bob McAndrew in New York, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and Cologne. After numerous film and television productions such as Tatort , Coast Guard and Forsthaus Falkenau , Zorlu played one of the leading roles in the Austrian series Oben ohne from 2006 to 2011, directed by Reinhard Schwabenitzky .
Filmography
Movies
- 1988: A Turkish Wedding, directed by Pavel Schnabel
- 1996: The trainer, directed by Stefan Krohmer
- 2001: Nothing Less Than the Best, directed by Judith Hennemann
- 2003: September, directed by Max Färberböck
- 2003: Worst Case, Director: Bernd Schaarmann
- 2008: Halftime, directed by Bodo Beuchel
- 2008: Irrelevant, directed by David Pantaleón
TV (selection)
- 1991–1992: Turkey - country, people and language, director: Mathias Laermanns
- 1993: Stars of the South , directed by Berengar Pfahl
- 1993: Tatort - False Liebe , directed by Susanne Zanke
- 1994: Die Sendung mit der Maus , directed by Armin Maiwald
- 1997: A surefire thing, directed by Diethard Klante
- 1998: Tatort - In derfallen , directed by Peter Fratzscher
- 1998: Journey into the Night, directed by Matti Geschonneck
- 1998–2008: Die Anrheiner , directed by Stefan Jonas, Hannes Spring, Klaus Petsch, Klaus Wirbitzky, Herwig Fischer and others
- 2000: A strong team - deadly revenge , director: Konrad Sabrautzky
- 2003: Die Kumpel, directed by Gabriele Heberling
- 2002: Westentaschenvenus, director: Kirsten Peters
- 2003: Wilde Engel , director: Axel Sand
- 2003: SOKO 5113 - Match over, directed by Bodo Schwarz
- 2004: Forsthaus Falkenau - Dreams of Life, Director: Andreas Drost
- 2004–2005: Verschollen , directed by Norbert Skrovanek , Axel Bock, Heinz Dietz, Micaela Zschieschow and others
- 2005: Coast Guard , director: Marcus Rosenmüller
- 2006: Esir Kalpler, directed by Taner Akvardar
- 2006: A case for two - wholesale market feud, directed by Charly Weller
- 2006: Abducted - No way back, director: Hansjörg Thurn
- 2006–2011: topless , director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky
- 2009: Topless - Christmas Special "You Holy Night", director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky
- 2010: Topless - Turkey Special “The Turkish Bride”, director: Reinhard Schwabenitzky
- 2017: Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei - The Lost Children, Director: Nico Zavelberg
- 2018: everything that matters
Theater (selection)
- 1989: Moritz Jäger in " Die Weber " - Stadttheater Oberhausen
- 1989–1991: Member of the Arkadaş Theater in Cologne
- 1995: Agathe, Schlucki, Dieter, Leichi, controller among other things in “Line 1” - theater in the Christallerie Wadgassen
- 1996: Haroon in "Borderline" - Wupper Theater
- 1996: Naim in "Masked" - Wupper Theater / Free Workshop Theater Cologne
- 2005: Entertainer, Thorndyke, mayor among others in “The Marx Brothers Radio Show” - Arkadaş Theater Cologne
- 2009: Faust, Mephisto, Gretchen, among others in “Goethe's Faust - A Drama Solo with Haydar Zorlu” - Stadttheater Oberhausen
- 2010: Faust, Mephisto and Gretchen in "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe`nin eseri Faust - Tek kişilik oyun" (Turkish, premiere on March 18, 2010) - Stadttheater Oberhausen
Web links
- official page
- Haydar Zorlu in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zorlu, Haydar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Turkish-German actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mikail, Karlıova , Turkey |