Haluk Bilginer

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

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Beneath the Hagia Sophia

Beneath the Hagia Sophia

Movie · as Narrator

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Güneye Giderken

Güneye Giderken

Movie · as Turgay

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The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier

The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier

TV · 1 ep

2025
Yan Yana poster

Yan Yana

Movie · as Refik

2025
Lovers & Liars poster

Lovers & Liars

TV · as Kadir · 22 eps

2025
The Eighth Family poster

The Eighth Family

TV · 8 eps

2024
Maria poster

Maria

Movie · as Aristotle Onassis

2024
A Long Cold Winter poster

A Long Cold Winter

Movie

2024
The Veil poster

The Veil

TV · as Mr. Demir · 1 ep

2023
The Turkish Detective poster

The Turkish Detective

TV · as Çetin İkmen · 8 eps

2022
Baba poster

Baba

TV · as Emin Saruhanlı · 30 eps

2022
Wild Abandon poster

Wild Abandon

TV · as Berhudar · 8 eps

2022
Hot Skull poster

Hot Skull

TV · as Haluk · 4 eps

2021
Stuck Apart poster

Stuck Apart

Movie · as Erbil

2021
Şeref Bey poster

Şeref Bey

TV · as Şeref · 10 eps

2020
Leyla Everlasting poster

Leyla Everlasting

Movie · as Adem

2020
Alex Rider poster

Alex Rider

TV · as Dr. Greif · 7 eps

2019
Noah Land poster

Noah Land

Movie · as Ibrahim

2018
Halloween poster

Halloween

Movie · as Dr. Sartain

2018
Persona poster

Persona

TV · as Agâh Beyoğlu · 22 eps

2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant poster

The Ottoman Lieutenant

Movie · as Khalil Bey

2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts poster

The Bank of Broken Hearts

Movie · as Yusuf Yağmur

2017
Cingöz Recai poster

Cingöz Recai

Movie · as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

2017
Forget About Nick poster

Forget About Nick

Movie · as Nick

2017
Shelter poster

Shelter

Movie · as Ahmet

2017
The Last Schnitzel poster

The Last Schnitzel

Movie · as The President

2017
Trendy poster

Trendy

Movie · as Hasan

2017
Innocent poster

Innocent

TV · as Cevdet Bayrakçı · 8 eps

2017
Black Letter poster

Black Letter

TV · as Oğuz Karahan · 6 eps

2016
Ben-Hur poster

Ben-Hur

Movie · as Simonides

2015
Komedi Türkiye

Komedi Türkiye

TV · 13 eps

2014
Rosewater poster

Rosewater

Movie · as Baba Akbar

2014
Winter Sleep poster

Winter Sleep

Movie · as Aydın

2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu poster

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

Movie · as Evliya Çelebi (voice)

2014
A Long Cold Winter poster

A Long Cold Winter

Movie

2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Movie · as Nazmi Kemal

2013
Kaçak poster

Kaçak

TV · as Faysal Mengen · 18 eps

2012
Antonius and Cleopatra poster

Antonius and Cleopatra

Movie · as Antonius

2012
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler poster

Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler

Movie · as Sinan

2012
Acayip Hikayeler poster

Acayip Hikayeler

TV · as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) · 1 ep

2012
Hayatımın Rolü poster

Hayatımın Rolü

TV · as Müşfik/Yaşar · 19 eps

2011
W.E. poster

W.E.

Movie · as Al Fayed

2011
7 poster

7

Movie

2011
Çanakkale Çocukları poster

Çanakkale Çocukları

Movie · as Kasim

2011
İstanbul'un Altınları poster

İstanbul'un Altınları

TV · as Reşat Altın · 16 eps

2010
Five Minarets in New York poster

Five Minarets in New York

Movie · as Hacı

2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa poster

Cuma'ya Kalsa

TV · as Cuma · 12 eps

2009
7 Husbands for Hurmuz poster

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

Movie · as Cebrail

2009
The International poster

The International

Movie · as Ahmet Sunay

2009
The Watercolor-Suluboya poster

The Watercolor-Suluboya

Movie

2009
Ezel poster

Ezel

TV · as Kenan Birkan · 38 eps

2009
Sıkı Dostlar poster

Sıkı Dostlar

TV · as Hikmet · 23 eps

2008
A Son of the Sun poster

A Son of the Sun

Movie · as Alper Canan

2008
Cars of the Revolution poster

Cars of the Revolution

Movie · as Necip

2008
Nerede Kalmıştık poster

Nerede Kalmıştık

TV · as Ateş · 13 eps

2007
Police poster

Police

Movie · as Musa Rami

2007
Sevgili Dünürüm poster

Sevgili Dünürüm

TV · as Ahmet · 21 eps

2006
Killing the Shadows poster

Killing the Shadows

Movie · as Karagöz

2006
15 Minutes Over Low Heat poster

15 Minutes Over Low Heat

Movie · as Muhtar

2005
Robbery Alla Turca poster

Robbery Alla Turca

Movie · as Seçkin Doruk

2005
Yine de Aşığım poster

Yine de Aşığım

TV · as Ali · 12 eps

2004
Where's Firuze? poster

Where's Firuze?

Movie · as Hayri Kalıpçı

2004
Disappeared poster

Disappeared

Movie · as Inspector Yilmaz

2004
Yes, Minister poster

Yes, Minister

TV · as Samim Bayraktar · 14 eps

2003
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World poster

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

Movie · as King Hattuþili III

2002
Buffalo Soldiers poster

Buffalo Soldiers

Movie · as The Turk

2002
Spooks poster

Spooks

TV · as Emre Celenk · 1 ep

2001
Sweet Life poster

Sweet Life

TV · as İhsan Yıldırım · 106 eps

2001
Running in the Dark poster

Running in the Dark

TV · as Ali · 10 eps

2001
Cesur Kuşku poster

Cesur Kuşku

TV · as Cesur · 6 eps

2000
Elephants and Grass poster

Elephants and Grass

Movie · as Sabit Üzücü

2000
Beans poster

Beans

Movie · as Bilge Dede

2000
Güle Güle poster

Güle Güle

Movie · as Zinnur

2000
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü poster

Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

TV · as Sedat Çolak · 34 eps

2000
Kim Milyoner Olmak İster poster

Kim Milyoner Olmak İster

TV · 1 ep

1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

Movie · as Col. Ismet Bay

1999
Last Harem poster

Last Harem

Movie · as Abdülhamit II

1998
Eyvah Babam poster

Eyvah Babam

TV · as Sedat Çolak · 39 eps

1997
Innocence poster

Innocence

Movie · as Bekir

1997
Sawdust Tales poster

Sawdust Tales

Movie · as Aaron

1997
Nihavend Mucize poster

Nihavend Mucize

Movie · as Erol

1996
The 80th Step poster

The 80th Step

Movie · as Savcı

1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings poster

Istanbul Beneath My Wings

Movie · as Evliya Çelebi

1994
Gülşen Abi poster

Gülşen Abi

TV · as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla · 115 eps

1993
Amerikalı poster

Amerikalı

Movie

1993
Son Söz Sevginin

Son Söz Sevginin

TV · 1 ep

1993
Sıcağı Sıcağına poster

Sıcağı Sıcağına

TV · as Sunucu · 32 eps

1993
Borsa poster

Borsa

TV · as Reha Çalık · 11 eps

1992
Two Women poster

Two Women

Movie

1991
Cloud in Love poster

Cloud in Love

Movie · as Atila

1991
Laf Lafı Açıyor poster

Laf Lafı Açıyor

TV · 1 ep

1990
Time of Death poster

Time of Death

Movie · as Ömer

1987
Ishtar poster

Ishtar

Movie · as Guerrilla leader

1987
Ateşten Günler poster

Ateşten Günler

TV · as Ahmet Rıfkı · 4 eps

1987
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü poster

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

TV · 3 eps

1986
Half Moon Street poster

Half Moon Street

Movie · as First Arab

1985
EastEnders poster

EastEnders

TV · as Mehmet Osman · 511 eps

1985
Murder of a Moderate Man

Murder of a Moderate Man

TV · 5 eps

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1981
Bergerac poster

Bergerac

TV · as Ahmed · 1 ep