Feyyaz Duman

Feyyaz Duman is a Kurdish-Turkish actor. He acted in Büyük Adam Küçük Aşk (Big Man, Little Love), Si tu meurs, je te tue (If you die, I’ll kill you), My Sweet Pepper Land, Mardan, Annemin Şarkısı (Song of My Mother), Zagros, Beni Bırakma (Never Leave Me), Kovan (Keeping The Bees), İçerde (Inside, also: Çağatay & Aras), Kadın (Woman, also: Seray, Özge, Caner & Bennu), Baraj (also: Biran, Burcu & Burak), Yalancılar ve Mumları (Lean On Me, also: Elçin), Oğlum (My Son, also: Nihal), Adım Farah (My Name is Farah, also: Demet & Engin), Yalan (The Family Burden, also: Gökberk) and more. He will appear in the TV series Beklenen Mehdi (The Expected Mehdi), which is expected to be released in 2026.

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Facts:

• he is of Kurdish origin
• he lived in New York for five years to receive acting training
• describes himself as deeply rooted in Mardin culturally and socially, growing up as one of five siblings in a close, lively household, with a free, street-filled childhood far from technology, a period he still deeply misses
• says acting must have always been in his blood, started theatre at 12 as a hobby, later focused on acting from high school onward, sometimes stepping away but always holding on to it in some way
• describes himself as a devoted father to his two daughters, a positive person who dislikes arrogance and ego and someone who has no tolerance for insincerity or people who don’t take their work seriously
• he doesn’t like the word “fame” sees it as a big title and explains that before Kadın, he had always been in the industry, working in theatre, then cinema and later television with İçerde, mostly on the less visible side of the sector
• says acting while still unknown was very difficult, as he constantly felt the need to prove he was an actor, especially because the films he appeared in were mostly festival films that people didn’t recognize or know about
  • he didn’t earn money for a long time, but continued because acting let him live many lives and emotions through different characters, which became his main motivation
  • choosing acting means starting an unpredictable journey where outcomes are beyond one’s control and fame is simply a part of that journey, whether it comes early or late, he says
• working for television made him realize how demanding TV productions actually are, that there’s no such thing as a bad TV project, only too little time and too much work
• the trait he most wants to change is his indecisiveness, explaining that he often misses opportunities because he can’t decide in time, even skipping events over something as simple as what to wear
• after killing the lead character in İçerde, he faced strong backlash, even from his mother, who asked him not to play villain roles because of the negative reactions, adding that this situation affected him negatively
• lying represents anger and resentment for him, believes there are small harmless lies people can handle, but strongly rejects serious lies that affect one’s life long-term and weigh on the conscience, acknowledging that everyone has lied at some point
  • says the most “harmless” lie he tells is making small excuses to avoid upsetting his daughter, such as saying he’s coming home when he’s actually on set, though even this makes him feel uneasy and guilty
• says being a parent requires real readiness and responsibility, believes good parents raise good children, sees fatherhood as both a great responsibility and happiness, considers himself a good father and says his children’s happiness is now his greatest joy