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 · Hot Skull as Haluk
- 2022 · Wild Abandon as Berhudar
- 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 · The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey
- 2017 · Innocent as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- 2016 · Ben-Hur as Simonides
- 2015 · Komedi Türkiye as
- 2014 · Rosewater as Baba Akbar
- 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
- 2011 · İstanbul'un Altınları as Reşat Altın
- 2010 · Five Minarets in New York as Hacı
- 2009 · Ezel as Kenan Birkan
- 2009 · Sıkı Dostlar as Hikmet
- 2009 · The International as Ahmet Sunay
- 2008 · Nerede Kalmıştık as Ateş
- 2007 · Sevgili Dünürüm as Ahmet
- 2005 · Yine de Aşığım as Ali
- 2004 · Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı
- 2002 · Buffalo Soldiers as The Turk
- 2002 · Spooks as Emre Celenk
- 2001 · Sweet Life as İhsan Yıldırım
- 2001 · Sweet Life as
- 2001 · Cesur Kuşku as Cesur
- 2001 · Running in the Dark as Ali
- 2000 · Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü as Sedat Çolak
- 2000 · YANLIŞ İÇERİK as
- 1999 · Last Harem as Abdülhamit II
- 1994 · Gülşen Abi as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- 1993 · Sıcağı Sıcağına as Sunucu
- 1991 · Laf Lafı Açıyor as
- 1986 · Half Moon Street as First Arab
- 1985 · EastEnders as Mehmet Osman
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1981 · Bergerac as Ahmed
- Future · The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier as
- 2024 · A Long Cold Winter as
- 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 · Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- 2017 · Trendy as Hasan
- 2017 · The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur
- 2017 · Black Letter as Oğuz Karahan
- 2017 · The Last Schnitzel as The President
- 2014 · A Long Cold Winter as
- 2014 · Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- 2012 · Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan
- 2012 · Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius
- 2011 · 7 as
- 2011 · Çanakkale Çocukları as Kasim
- 2010 · Cuma'ya Kalsa as Cuma
- 2009 · 7 Husbands for Hurmuz as Cebrail
- 2009 · The Watercolor-Suluboya as
- 2008 · A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan
- 2008 · Cars of the Revolution as Necip
- 2007 · Police as Musa Rami
- 2006 · 15 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar
- 2006 · Killing the Shadows as Karagöz
- 2005 · Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk
- 2004 · Yes, Minister as Samim Bayraktar
- 2004 · Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz
- 2003 · The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World as King Hattuþili III
- 2000 · Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü
- 2000 · Beans as Bilge Dede
- 2000 · Güle Güle as Zinnur
- 1999 · The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay
- 1998 · Eyvah Babam as Sedat Çolak
- 1997 · Innocence as Bekir
- 1997 · Nihavend Mucize as Erol
- 1997 · Sawdust Tales as Aaron
- 1996 · Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi
- 1996 · The 80th Step as Savcı
- 1993 · Amerikalı as
- 1993 · Borsa as Reha Çalık
- 1993 · Son Söz Sevginin as
- 1992 · Two Women as
- 1991 · Cloud in Love as Atila
- 1990 · Time of Death as Ömer
- 1987 · Gecenin Öteki Yüzü as
- 1987 · Ishtar as Guerrilla leader
- 1987 · Ateşten Günler as Ahmet Rıfkı
- Future · Güneye Giderken as Turgay
- 1985 · Murder of a Moderate Man as
- Future · Beneath the Hagia Sophia as Narrator