Ahmet Haldun Dormen[1] (born 5 April 1928)[2] is a Turkish theater, movie and TV series actor and film director.

[3][4] His father Sait Ömer Bey was a Cypriot businessman, while his mother Nimet Rüştü Hanım was the daughter of a pasha from Istanbul.

When he returned to Istanbul, he entered the Küçük Sahne stage under the direction of Muhsin Ertuğrul and had his first role in front of the Turkish audience with the play Cinayet Var.

Alongside the Dormen Theater squad, the likes of Belgin Doruk, Ekrem Bora, Nurhan Nur, Müşfik Kenter, and Nedret Güvenç appeared in these movies.

The two movies received seven awards in total at the Golden Orange Film Festival in 1966 and 1967, but they weren't commercially successful in the box office.

In the same years, he brought The Luxurious Life back to stage at the Istanbul City Theatres with Gencay Gürün serving as the producer.

[8] Haldun Dormen has written five book, including four biographies ("Sürç-ü Lisan Ettikse", "Antrakt", "İkinci Perde", "Nerede Kalmıştık"), and two plays.

[14] Dormen married Betül Mardin, a world-renowned figure in public relations in 1959, and a son named Ömer was born from this marriage that lasted eight years.