Haluk Bilginer
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Innocence
1997
A Son of the Sun
2008
Sawdust Tales
1997
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
Police
2007
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Killing the Shadows
2006
Five Minarets in New York
2010
Cars of the Revolution
2008
W.E.
2011
7
2011
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
Where's Firuze?
2004
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
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The 80th Step
1996
Elephants and Grass
2000
Rosewater
2014
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
Maria
2024
Winter Sleep
2014
Time of Death
1990
Beans
2000
Half Moon Street
1986
Ishtar
1987
Güle Güle
2000
Two Women
1992
Nihavend Mucize
1997
Ben-Hur
2016
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
The International
2009
Cingöz Recai
2017
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
Forget About Nick
2017
Shelter
2017
Cloud in Love
1991
Halloween
2018
The Last Schnitzel
2017
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Noah Land
2019
Trendy
2017
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Stuck Apart
2021
Last Harem
1999
Leyla Everlasting
2020
Disappeared
2004
Amerikalı
1993
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
Bergerac
1981
EastEnders
1985
The Bill
1984
Spooks
2002
Yes, Minister
2004
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
Ezel
2009
Yine de Aşığım
2005
Alex Rider
2020
Kaçak
2013
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
Baba
2022
Innocent
2017
Wild Abandon
2022
Eyvah Babam
1998
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
Sweet Life
2001
The Turkish Detective
2023
Persona
2018
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
Running in the Dark
2001
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
Ateşten Günler
1987
Cesur Kuşku
2001
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
Black Letter
2017
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
Hot Skull
2022
Gülşen Abi
1994
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
The Veil
2024
Şeref Bey
2021
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993
Lovers & Liars
2025
The Eighth Family
2025
Borsa
1993
Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?
2000
Komedi Türkiye
2015
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991