Haluk is a professional actor, musician, photographer and most recently, filmmaker. He has worked in all disciplines across North America.
As an actor, Haluk has played roles ranging from Oscar Wilde to Primetime TV and Film. Haluk is trained in the Michael Chekhov Technique with Joanna Merlin, Jessica Cerullo, Anne Gottlieb and Ragnar Friedank of MICHA, New York. An organization dedicated to the method and work of Michael Chekhov.
Most recently, Haluk was selected to participate in the Content Market, as an Emerging Producer. The conference culminated in 1-2-1 pitch meetings with executives from major networks and studios from across North America, resulting in several projects on ZeroState's current slate garnering interest.
Completing work on his debut film - writing, directing, producing as well as playing the lead role. KISMET, an official selection at the FIN International Film Festival, screened to great review. Notable roles also include recurring on SyFy/Showcase HAVEN as Landon Taylor and King Herod in Salome.
Born in Istanbul, Turkiye and growing up in Canada, Haluk embodies an international spirit. He is a dual citizen and is fluent in both English and Turkish.
Haluk's first exploration into the arts was as a musician. A drummer, touring across Canada with HUMAN, sharing the stage with notables Three Days Grace, Big Sugar,among others as well as recording in the studio. Haluk is the winner of an ECMA and an accomplished producer/songwriter, earning three - Top 20 singles and publishing.
Haluk also works as a photographer in a range of genres including fine art.
While Haluk’s new production company, ZeroState Films, currently has a full slate with two feature films and five new series in development, Haluk is looking forward to digging deep into the next role; complicated characters struggling to reveal and experience their own hidden humanity.