Hakan was born in 1985 in Istanbul, Turkey after his family emigrated from Bulgaria. He grew up and educated in Turkey. While he was going to school, he started his acting career. He was only 13 years old. He acted many English plays and also Turkish plays. After graduating from the High School, still acting and taking private & group courses, he studied English Literature & Language at the University in Istanbul, Turkey. He got many awards and certificated and had a chance to meet the Turkish star actors in Istanbul. He acted many professional plays in variety well known stages.

At the same time, he decided to take some dance courses too. He danced with a Latin dance group at the university and then He met a well known dancer in his hometown. He practiced and successfully got the awards and solo danced in a big festival! Via la mamba :) He’s now a dance teacher and an international actor. He went to UK and USA for his acting career. He had some experiences there and in Bulgaria also. He’s going to be a speaker in acting workshops and seminars.

He is still acting in many TV productions, films, commercials, theatre plays, music videos and so on.



ACTING LIFE :

1. 10 year experience

2. he got many awards!

3. working not only in USA he's working internationally..

4. he speaks bulgarian, english, turkish, spanish (beginner)

5. he acted many shows,plays,tv soaps and films..
6. he studied English Literature BA and took many acting courses long and short terms..

*Lastly, he's a real TALENT and he's working hard for that..

DANCE LIFE :

he's been dancing for more than 5 years

Dances: latin (cha cha, salsa, merenge)
hip hop, R&B , saloon dances..

he danced with many groups and in many big shows..

*he took lots of dance courses

Acting is my primary job. l ve been acting for more than 10 years at stage and on camera experiences... Now lm giving lectures and Seminars in many places such as in Turkey : International Acting Seminar with Hakan Yildiz. You can see my works at facebook and my own web sites.. and now lm acting in a new Web Series called 'COOL BOYS' you can watch the commercial at myspace.com/starhakan. 
 
SEE MY RESUME AND HEADSHOTS www.hollywoodhakan.weebly.com 
www.slatecast.com/hollywoodhakan 
 
TESTIMONIALS: 
 
''HE'S AMAZING AND HAS A GREAT TALENT'' said Deniz Sahin who has a Casting Agent and is a famous Dance Director in Turkey. 
 

On-line
COOL BOYS	LEAD	hollywoodhakan
Other
Dance All Night	Lead Dancer	Turkish Festival
Print
Professional Headshots	Print Model/ Lead	Tolga Karakus
Theatre
TURKISH PLAYS	LEAD	Hadi Caman ve Yeditepe Actors
TV Show
Olumsuz Ask ( Forever Love)	Extra	ATV Production (Turkish)