Numan Acar

Numan Acar (born 1974) is a Turkish-born German actor and film producer.

Acar was born in Kozoglu, Kelkit district, and lived until his eighth year in Erzincan. In 1982 he emigrated to Germany where he studied initially civil engineering. After completion of his studies he took on acting and started to perform in Turkish and German films. As a producer he specialized in German-Turkish movies and started Acar Entertainment in 2007.

In 2014 Acar played the role of Haissam Haqqani in season 4 of Homeland, an American-made TV production.

Acar, who lives in Berlin, speaks several languages fluently including German, Turkish, Spanish and English and has knowledge of Kurdish, Azerbaijani and Arabic.

• 2003: KreuzGang
• 2003: Sammler
• 2004: Kebab Connection
• 2004: Max und Moritz Reloaded
• 2004: Fliegende Ratten
• 2005: 7 (Sieben)
• 2005: Lieben
• 2005: Hacivat ve Karagöz neden öldürüldü – Killing the Shadows
• 2006: Cenneti Beklerken – Waiting for Heaven
• 2006: Eve Giden Yol – Road Home.
• 2006: Last Look
• 2007: Mülteci – Refugee
• 2007: Lauf um Dein Leben – Vom Junkie zum Ironman
• 2007: Ein Augenblick Freiheit
• 2008: Der Bibelcode
• 2008: Dot (Punkt)
• 2008: Ninja Assassin
• 2010: Das Haus Anubis
• 2010: Zeiten ändern dich
• 2011: Kokowääh
• 2011: Männer ticken, Frauen anders
• 2012: Blutadler
• 2013: The Berlin File
• 2014: Homeland (TV series)
• 2014: The Cut
• 2014: Rosewater
• 2014: Flying Home
• 2017: The Great Wall
• 2017 Ali and Nino
• 2017: Prison Break (TV Series)
• 2017: In the Fade