- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1954
- Place of Birth
- İzmir, Turkey
Haluk Bilginer
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.
Filmography
tvThe Eighth Family
2025
movieYan Yana
2025 · Refik
tvLovers & Liars
2025 · Kadir
movieMaria
2024 · Aristotle Onassis
tvThe Veil
2024 · Mr. Demir
tvThe Turkish Detective
2023 · Çetin İkmen
tvEl-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022 · Haluk
tvWild Abandon
2022 · Berhudar
tvBaba
2022 · Emin Saruhanlı
movieStuck Apart
2021 · Erbil
tvŞeref Bey
2021 · Şeref
movieLeyla Everlasting
2020 · Adem
tvAlex Rider
2020 · Dr. Greif
movieNoah Land
2019 · Ibrahim
movieHalloween
2018 · Dr. Sartain
tvPersona
2018 · Agâh Beyoğlu
movieForget About Nick
2017 · Nick
movieShelter
2017 · Ahmet
movieCingöz Recai
2017 · Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
movieTrendy
2017 · Hasan
movieThe Bank of Broken Hearts
2017 · Yusuf Yağmur
movieThe Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · Khalil Bey
tvBlack Letter
2017 · Oğuz Karahan
movieThe Last Schnitzel
2017 · The President
tvInnocent
2017 · Cevdet Bayrakçı
movieBen-Hur
2016 · Simonides
Komedi Türkiye
tvKomedi Türkiye
2015
movieA Long Cold Winter
2014
movieEvliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014 · Evliya Çelebi (voice)
movieRosewater
2014 · Baba Akbar
movieWinter Sleep
2014 · Aydın
tvKaçak
2013 · Faysal Mengen
movieThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Nazmi Kemal
tvHayatımın Rolü
2012 · Müşfik/Yaşar
tvAcayip Hikayeler
2012 · Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
movieAntonius and Cleopatra
2012 · Antonius
movieW.E.
2011 · Al Fayed
tvİstanbul'un Altınları
2011 · Reşat Altın
movie7
2011 · , Translator
movieÇanakkale Çocukları
2011 · Kasim
tvCuma'ya Kalsa
2010 · Cuma
movieFive Minarets in New York
2010 · Hacı
movie7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009 · Cebrail
movieThe Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
tvEzel
2009 · Kenan Birkan
tvSıkı Dostlar
2009 · Hikmet
movieThe International
2009 · Ahmet Sunay
movieA Son of the Sun
2008 · Alper Canan
movieCars of the Revolution
2008 · Necip
tvNerede Kalmıştık
2008 · Ateş
tvSevgili Dünürüm
2007 · Ahmet
moviePolice
2007 · Musa Rami
movie15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006 · Muhtar
movieKilling the Shadows
2006 · Karagöz
tvYine de Aşığım
2005 · Ali
movieRobbery Alla Turca
2005 · Seçkin Doruk
tvYes, Minister
2004 · Samim Bayraktar
movieDisappeared
2004 · Inspector Yilmaz
movieWhere's Firuze?
2004 · Hayri Kalıpçı
movieThe Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003 · King Hattuþili III
movieBuffalo Soldiers
2002 · The Turk
tvSpooks
2002 · Emre Celenk
tvSweet Life
2001 · İhsan Yıldırım
tvCesur Kuşku
2001 · Cesur
tvRunning in the Dark
2001 · Ali
movieElephants and Grass
2000 · Sabit Üzücü
movieBeans
2000 · Bilge Dede
tvEyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000 · Sedat Çolak
tvYANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
movieGüle Güle
2000 · Zinnur
movieLast Harem
1999 · Abdülhamit II
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · Col. Ismet Bay
tvEyvah Babam
1998 · Sedat Çolak
movieInnocence
1997 · Bekir
movieSawdust Tales
1997 · Aaron
movieNihavend Mucize
1997 · Erol
movieIstanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Evliya Çelebi
movieThe 80th Step
1996 · Savcı
tvGülşen Abi
1994 · Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
movieAmerikalı
1993
tvSıcağı Sıcağına
1993 · Sunucu
Son Söz Sevginin
tvSon Söz Sevginin
1993
tvBorsa
1993 · Reha Çalık
movieTwo Women
1992
tvLaf Lafı Açıyor
1991
movieCloud in Love
1991 · Atila
movieTime of Death
1990 · Ömer
tvGecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
movieIshtar
1987 · Guerrilla leader
tvAteşten Günler
1987 · Ahmet Rıfkı
movieHalf Moon Street
1986 · First Arab
Murder of a Moderate Man
tvMurder of a Moderate Man
1985
tvEastEnders
1985 · Mehmet Osman
tvThe Bill
1984
tvBergerac
1981 · Ahmed
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
movieBeneath the Hagia Sophia
— · Narrator
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
tvThe Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
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