Hayat Van Eck

Acting

Biography

Dutch origin Turkish actor. He played World Weightlifting Champion Naim Suleymanoglu as the leading actor in the movie Pocket Hercules: Naim Suleymanoglu, where his life story is told. Born in Amsterdam to a Dutch father and a Turkish mother originally from Ankara, Van Eck lived in the Netherlands until the age of 6 and moved to Izmir with his family and grew up here. Van Eck played the role of Gaza in the movie Daha / More, written by Onur Saylak in 2017. Received the Promising Young Actor Award at the 24th Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Van Eck once again worked with Onur Saylak and Hakan Günday in the movie 'Boga Boga', which was completed in 2022 and will be released in 2023.