Biography - Numan Acar

Last Modified: 18th Dec 2025
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Numan Acar
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Numan Acar
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Who is Numan Acar?

Numan Acar is an actor, film producer, writer, and director by profession, and Turkish and German by nationality. He is best known for his roles in the films Aladdin as Hakim and Spider-Man: Far From Home as Dimitri.

Source: Pioneer Press (Numan Acar, Diane Kruger in In the Fade)

Numan Acar – Birth, Parents, Siblings

Numan Acar’s birth took place on 7 October 1974 in Kozoglu, Kelkit District, Turkey. He lived in Erzincan, also in Turkey, until he was in the eighth grade. He then moved to Germany in 1982 to study civil engineering.

He has a sibling, a brother named Ibrahim Acar. There are no mentions of his mother, father, or his parents' profession. He is fluent in several languages, including German, Turkish, Spanish, and English, and is knowledgeable about Kurdish, Azerbaijani, and Arabic. 

Education, Ethnicity

The educational history of Numan Acar is not known to the public.

His ethnicity is Turkish.

Numan Acar – Girlfriend, Wife, Children, Divorce

Like most of Acar’s personal details, his relationship status is not known. He has not shared any details of his relationship or girlfriend with the public or on social media. However, he is close friends with Turkish-German actress Meryem Uzerli, who is also his co-star.

Although we consider Numan Acar to be a single, unmarried man, he might be married to a wife, have children, or even be a divorced man.

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Source: Instagram (Numan Acar, Meryem Uzerli)

Numan Acar – Career

Before fame

After completing his studies at a German university began to pursue a career in acting. He has been active as an actor since 2003. Initially, Numan Acar landed minor roles in short Turkish and German films such as Angelina, Linie X, and in the TV series Fast Perfekt Verlobt, Nach so vielen Jahren, Mit einem Rutsch ins Glück, etc. 

This was followed by roles in several films over the years, including Lieben (2006), Run for Your Life!  (2008), The Basement (2009), Kokowääh (2011), Schutzengel (2012), and The Berlin File (2013).

He also portrayed roles in TV series SOKO Kitzbühel (2006), Dr. Psycho – Die Bösen, die Bullen, meine Frau und ich (2007), Menek?e ile Halil (2007), Homicide Unit Istanbul  (2011), Cologne P.D. (2012).

Finally, in 2014, he landed his breakthrough role as a recurring character, Haissam Haqqani, in the TV series Homeland.

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Films, TV series

Since his breakthrough role in 2014, Numan Acar has had several noticeable roles. He has portrayed characters in the films Flying Home (2014), Point Break (2015), Ali and Nino (2016), In the Fade (2017), 12 Strong (2018), Aladdin (2019), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), In the Shadows (2020), Desert Warrior (2025), etc.

His recent work in TV series includes roles in Crossing Lines (2015), Prison Break (2017), and Jack Ryan (2018), among others.

Moreover, he has worked as a director in over 20 films, including KreuzGang (2003), Lieben - to love  (2005), Refugee (2007), Ninja Assassin (2008), and Mordkommision Istanbul (2010).

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Source: Los Angeles Times (Numan Acar as Haissam Haqqani in TV series Homeland)

Worked with

Acar has starred alongside Marwan Kenzari, Naomi Scott, Billy Magnussen, and Mena Massoud in the 2019 film Aladdin.

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Numan Acar – Net Worth, Salary

There have been no official net worth and salary estimates for Numan Acar. However, online sources have claimed his net worth to be $2 million and his salary to be $850 thousand per annum.

Numan Acar – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media, Acar is active on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, and also has his own official webpage- numanacar.com.

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