# İsmail Hacıoğlu

İsmail Hacıoğlu (born 30 November 1985) is a Turkish actor and son of Turkey national under-18 football team coach Mehmet Hacıoğlu and brother of actress Kardelen Hacıoğlu. Since the beginning his career, he is cited as one of the best actors of his generation.

## Career

His paternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Bulgaria. He started acting when he got a role in a play in the fifth grade of elementary school. He studied Theater at Müjdat Gezen Art Center. He has been involved in theater plays for two seasons there. He played in the private theater of Aydoğan Tamer and Erdal Duman, and then at the Istanbul Youth Theater. While he was studying at Müjdat Gezen Art Center, he started dubbing ads. While playing in "Bir Istanbul Masalı", he won the theater Department of Mimar Sinan University State Conservatory but then dropped out of the university. He has appeared in many popular films and series. He has numerous awards and box office successes.
At the age of fifteen, he began his TV career with sequel series Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş. He played in hit youth series "Koçum Benim". He was cast in popular dramas "Bir İstanbul Masalı", "Beyaz Gelincik". He played in Sinekli Bakkal which based on classic novel. With his ex-wife Vildan Atasever, he played in Gece Sesleri based on novel.
He portrayed two roles as Mehmed II and Fatih İkinci in surreal period comedy "Osmanlı Tokadı" alongside Vildan Atasever, Pelin Akil. He played in period comedy "Zeyrek ile Çeyrek" which spin-off series of Filinta. He portrayed as Üsküplü Ali in historical drama "Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare".
He played two characters in "Mahkum" which won Seoul Best Series Award.
His web series are "Hükümsüz" and "Ölüm Kime Yakışır".

## Filmography

Films :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2001 | Bana Şans Dile | Çağlar | |
| 2002 | Hiçbiryerde | Boy | |
| 2003 | Karşılaşma | Osman | |
| 2005 | Anlat İstanbul | Fiko | |
| 2006 | Sınav | Mert | |
| 2007 | Kabadayı | Murat | |
| 2008 | Hoşçakal Güzin | Serkan | |
| 2009 | Vali | Sarp Uçar | |
| 2009 | Gökten Üç Elma Düştü | Ali | |
| 2009 | Başka Semtin Çocukları | Veysel | |
| 2009 | Sonsuz Bir An | Volkan | |
| 2010 | Çakal | Akın | |
| 2011 | Sinyora Enrica ile İtalyan Olmak | Ekin | |
| 2011 | Türkan | Police Mustafa | |
| 2013 | Meryem | Murat | |
| 2015 | Sonsuz Bir Aşk | Volkan | |
| 2015 | Kafes | Mehmet Sipahi | |
| 2016 | Mahrumlar | Kutlu | TV Film |
| 2016 | Lokman İlyas | İlyas | TV Film |
| 2016 | Kayıp İnci | Cemal | TV Film |
| 2017 | Ayla | Süleyman Dilbirliği | |
| 2019 | Cep Herkülü: Naim Süleymanoğlu | Mehmet Tunç | |
| 2019 | Şuursuz Aşk | Yusuf | |
| 2019 | Türk İşi Dondurma | Kaptan | |
| 2022 | Kesişme: İyi ki Varsın Eren | Ferhat Gedik | |
| 2023 | 49 | Oğuz | |
| Television ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2000 | Günaydın İstanbul Kardeş | | |
| 2002 | Koçum Benim | Ali | |
| 2003–2005 | Bir İstanbul Masalı | Ozan Kozan | |
| 2005–2007 | Beyaz Gelincik | Mehmet Ali Aslanbaş | |
| 2007 | Sinekli Bakkal | Onur | |
| 2008–2009 | Gece Sesleri | Yağız Haksever | |
| 2008 | Beni Unutma | Guest | |
| 2011 | Şüphe | Aziz Kutlu | |
| 2011–2012 | Firar | Civan | |
| 2013–2014 | Osmanlı Tokadı | Mehmed II / Fatih İkinci | |
| 2015 | Zeyrek ile Çeyrek | Meftun | |
| 2017 | Kayıtdışı | Nejat Ateş | |
| 2018–2019 | Mehmetçik Kut'ül Amare | Üsküplü Ali | |
| 2019–2020 | Çocuk | Hasan Çetin | |
| 2020 | Zümrüdüanka | Cihan Gürtuna | |
| 2021–2022 | Mahkum | Barış Yesari / Savaş Yesari | |
| 2023 | Taçsız Prenses | Evgin | |
| Web series ||||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2021 | Hükümsüz | Selim | Exxen |
| TBA | Ölüm Kime Yakışır | | TV+ |

## Awards

* 2003 – 40th Antalya Film Festival – Hopeful Young Actor for The Encounter (Karşılaşma)
* 2003 – 15th Ankara Film Festival – Mehmet Emin Toprak - Hopeful New Actor for The Encounter
* 2003 – 25th Siyad Türk Cinema Awards – Hopeful Artist of the Year for The Encounter
* 2004 – 11th ÇASOD "Best Actor" Awards – Hopeful Actor for The Encounter
* 2009 – 20th Ankara Film Festival Awards – "Best Supporting Actor" - Üç Elma Düştü
* 2011 – 16th Sadri Alışık Awards – "Best Actor of the Year" -Çakal – Erhan Kozan