
Haluk Bilginer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1954 (age 72)
- Birthplace
- İzmir, Turkey
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
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Filmography
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Movie · as Narrator
Güneye Giderken
Movie · as Turgay
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
TV · 1 ep

Yan Yana
Movie · as Refik

Lovers & Liars
TV · as Kadir · 22 eps

The Eighth Family
TV · 8 eps

Maria
Movie · as Aristotle Onassis

A Long Cold Winter
Movie

The Veil
TV · as Mr. Demir · 1 ep

The Turkish Detective
TV · as Çetin İkmen · 8 eps

Baba
TV · as Emin Saruhanlı · 30 eps

Wild Abandon
TV · as Berhudar · 8 eps

Hot Skull
TV · as Haluk · 4 eps

Stuck Apart
Movie · as Erbil

Şeref Bey
TV · as Şeref · 10 eps

Leyla Everlasting
Movie · as Adem

Alex Rider
TV · as Dr. Greif · 7 eps

Noah Land
Movie · as Ibrahim

Halloween
Movie · as Dr. Sartain

Persona
TV · as Agâh Beyoğlu · 22 eps

The Ottoman Lieutenant
Movie · as Khalil Bey

The Bank of Broken Hearts
Movie · as Yusuf Yağmur

Cingöz Recai
Movie · as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

Forget About Nick
Movie · as Nick

Shelter
Movie · as Ahmet

The Last Schnitzel
Movie · as The President

Trendy
Movie · as Hasan

Innocent
TV · as Cevdet Bayrakçı · 8 eps

Black Letter
TV · as Oğuz Karahan · 6 eps

Ben-Hur
Movie · as Simonides
Komedi Türkiye
TV · 13 eps

Rosewater
Movie · as Baba Akbar

Winter Sleep
Movie · as Aydın

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Movie · as Evliya Çelebi (voice)

A Long Cold Winter
Movie

The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie · as Nazmi Kemal

Kaçak
TV · as Faysal Mengen · 18 eps

Antonius and Cleopatra
Movie · as Antonius

Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
Movie · as Sinan

Acayip Hikayeler
TV · as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) · 1 ep

Hayatımın Rolü
TV · as Müşfik/Yaşar · 19 eps

W.E.
Movie · as Al Fayed

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Movie

Çanakkale Çocukları
Movie · as Kasim

İstanbul'un Altınları
TV · as Reşat Altın · 16 eps

Five Minarets in New York
Movie · as Hacı

Cuma'ya Kalsa
TV · as Cuma · 12 eps

7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Movie · as Cebrail

The International
Movie · as Ahmet Sunay

The Watercolor-Suluboya
Movie

Ezel
TV · as Kenan Birkan · 38 eps

Sıkı Dostlar
TV · as Hikmet · 23 eps

A Son of the Sun
Movie · as Alper Canan

Cars of the Revolution
Movie · as Necip

Nerede Kalmıştık
TV · as Ateş · 13 eps

Police
Movie · as Musa Rami

Sevgili Dünürüm
TV · as Ahmet · 21 eps

Killing the Shadows
Movie · as Karagöz

15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Movie · as Muhtar

Robbery Alla Turca
Movie · as Seçkin Doruk

Yine de Aşığım
TV · as Ali · 12 eps

Where's Firuze?
Movie · as Hayri Kalıpçı

Disappeared
Movie · as Inspector Yilmaz

Yes, Minister
TV · as Samim Bayraktar · 14 eps

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Movie · as King Hattuþili III

Buffalo Soldiers
Movie · as The Turk

Spooks
TV · as Emre Celenk · 1 ep

Sweet Life
TV · as İhsan Yıldırım · 106 eps

Running in the Dark
TV · as Ali · 10 eps

Cesur Kuşku
TV · as Cesur · 6 eps

Elephants and Grass
Movie · as Sabit Üzücü

Beans
Movie · as Bilge Dede

Güle Güle
Movie · as Zinnur

Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
TV · as Sedat Çolak · 34 eps

Kim Milyoner Olmak İster
TV · 1 ep

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Movie · as Col. Ismet Bay

Last Harem
Movie · as Abdülhamit II

Eyvah Babam
TV · as Sedat Çolak · 39 eps

Innocence
Movie · as Bekir

Sawdust Tales
Movie · as Aaron

Nihavend Mucize
Movie · as Erol

The 80th Step
Movie · as Savcı

Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Movie · as Evliya Çelebi

Gülşen Abi
TV · as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla · 115 eps

Amerikalı
Movie
Son Söz Sevginin
TV · 1 ep

Sıcağı Sıcağına
TV · as Sunucu · 32 eps

Borsa
TV · as Reha Çalık · 11 eps

Two Women
Movie

Cloud in Love
Movie · as Atila

Laf Lafı Açıyor
TV · 1 ep

Time of Death
Movie · as Ömer

Ishtar
Movie · as Guerrilla leader

Ateşten Günler
TV · as Ahmet Rıfkı · 4 eps

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
TV · 3 eps

Half Moon Street
Movie · as First Arab

EastEnders
TV · as Mehmet Osman · 511 eps
Murder of a Moderate Man
TV · 5 eps

The Bill
TV · 1 ep

Bergerac
TV · as Ahmed · 1 ep








