Haluk Bilginer
June 5, 1954 (72 years old) in İzmir, Turkey
Nihat Haluk Bilginer (born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. In addition to his acting career in Turkey, he has also worked in the United Kingdom and remains best known for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s. He has also starred in Hollywood movies as a minor actor. He played a villainous guerrilla leader in the 1987 comedy film Ishtar and a Turkish Mafioso in the 2001 dark comedy film Buffalo Soldiers. In 2018, he played Doctor Sartain in Halloween and in 2023 he starred as the lead in the TV series The Turkish Detective. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
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- 2025 · The Eighth Family as
- 2025 · Yan Yana as Refik
- 2025 · Lovers & Liars as Kadir
- 2024 · Maria as Aristotle Onassis
- 2024 · The Veil as Mr. Demir
- 2023 · The Turkish Detective as Çetin İkmen
- 2022 · El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena as Haluk
- 2022 · Baba as Emin Saruhanlı
- 2021 · Şeref Bey as Şeref
- 2020 · Alex Rider as Dr. Greif
- 2018 · Halloween as Dr. Sartain
- 2018 · Persona as Agâh Beyoğlu
- 2017 · Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- 2017 · Black Letter as Oğuz Karahan
- 2017 · The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey
- 2017 · Innocent as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- 2016 · Ben-Hur as Simonides
- 2015 · Komedi Türkiye as
- 2014 · Winter Sleep as Aydın
- 2013 · Kaçak as Faysal Mengen
- 2013 · The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Nazmi Kemal
- 2012 · Hayatımın Rolü as Müşfik/Yaşar
- 2012 · Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- 2011 · W.E. as Al Fayed
- 2009 · Ezel as Kenan Birkan
- 2009 · The International as Ahmet Sunay
- 2008 · A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan
- 2008 · Nerede Kalmıştık as Ateş
- 2007 · Sevgili Dünürüm as Ahmet
- 2006 · Killing the Shadows as Karagöz
- 2004 · Yes, Minister as Samim Bayraktar
- 2002 · Buffalo Soldiers as The Turk
- 2002 · Spooks as Emre Celenk
- 2001 · Sweet Life as İhsan Yıldırım
- 2001 · Cesur Kuşku as Cesur
- 2000 · YANLIŞ İÇERİK as
- 1998 · Eyvah Babam as Sedat Çolak
- 1997 · Innocence as Bekir
- 1997 · Nihavend Mucize as Erol
- 1996 · The 80th Step as Savcı
- 1994 · Gülşen Abi as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- 1993 · Sıcağı Sıcağına as Sunucu
- 1992 · Two Women as
- 1991 · Laf Lafı Açıyor as
- 1990 · Time of Death as Ömer
- 1987 · Ateşten Günler as Ahmet Rıfkı
- 1986 · Half Moon Street as First Arab
- 1985 · EastEnders as Mehmet Osman
- 1984 · The Bill as
- Future · The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier as
- 2022 · Wild Abandon as Berhudar
- 2021 · Stuck Apart as Erbil
- 2020 · Leyla Everlasting as Adem
- 2019 · Noah Land as Ibrahim
- 2017 · Forget About Nick as Nick
- 2017 · Shelter as Ahmet
- 2017 · Trendy as Hasan
- 2017 · The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur
- 2017 · The Last Schnitzel as The President
- 2014 · A Long Cold Winter as
- 2014 · Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- 2014 · Rosewater as Baba Akbar
- 2012 · Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius
- 2011 · İstanbul'un Altınları as Reşat Altın
- 2011 · 7 as
- 2011 · Çanakkale Çocukları as Kasim
- 2010 · Cuma'ya Kalsa as Cuma
- 2010 · Five Minarets in New York as Hacı
- 2009 · 7 Husbands for Hurmuz as Cebrail
- 2009 · The Watercolor-Suluboya as
- 2009 · Sıkı Dostlar as Hikmet
- 2008 · Cars of the Revolution as Necip
- 2007 · Police as Musa Rami
- 2006 · 15 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar
- 2005 · Yine de Aşığım as Ali
- 2005 · Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk
- 2004 · Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz
- 2004 · Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı
- 2003 · The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World as King Hattuþili III
- 2001 · Running in the Dark as Ali
- 2000 · Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü
- 2000 · Beans as Bilge Dede
- 2000 · Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü as Sedat Çolak
- 2000 · Güle Güle as Zinnur
- 1999 · Last Harem as Abdülhamit II
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay
- 1997 · Sawdust Tales as Aaron
- 1996 · Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi
- 1993 · Amerikalı as
- 1993 · Borsa as Reha Çalık
- 1993 · Son Söz Sevginin as
- 1991 · Cloud in Love as Atila
- 1987 · Gecenin Öteki Yüzü as
- 1987 · Ishtar as Guerrilla leader
- 1985 · Murder of a Moderate Man as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Ahmed
- Future · Beneath the Hagia Sophia as Narrator