Haluk Bilginer
Acting
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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movieYan Yana
2025
Refik
tvLovers & Liars
2025
Kadir
movieMaria
2024
Aristotle Onassis
tvThe Veil
2024
Mr. Demir
tvThe Turkish Detective
2023
Çetin İkmen
tvWild Abandon
2022
Berhudar
tvBaba
2022
Emin Saruhanlı
movieStuck Apart
2021
Erbil
tvŞeref Bey
2021
Şeref
tvAlex Rider
2020
Dr. Greif
movieNoah Land
2019
Ibrahim
movieHalloween
2018
Dr. Sartain
tvPersona
2018
Agâh Beyoğlu
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
movieEvliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
movieRosewater
2014
Baba Akbar
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
tvEzel
2009
Kenan Birkan
tvSıkı Dostlar
2009
Hikmet
movieThe International
2009
Ahmet Sunay
movieA Son of the Sun
2008
Alper Canan
moviePolice
2007
Musa Rami
movieKilling the Shadows
2006
Karagöz
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
movieElephants and Grass
2000
Sabit Üzücü
movieBeans
2000
Bilge Dede
tvEyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
Sedat Çolak
movieGüle Güle
2000
Zinnur
movieLast Harem
1999
Abdülhamit II
tvEyvah Babam
1998
Sedat Çolak
movieInnocence
1997
Bekir
movieIstanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
Evliya Çelebi
tvGülşen Abi
1994
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
tvSıcağı Sıcağına
1993
Sunucu
tvBorsa
1993
Reha Çalık
movieIshtar
1987
Guerrilla leader
tvAteşten Günler
1987
Ahmet Rıfkı
movieHalf Moon Street
1986
First Arab
tvEastEnders
1985
Mehmet Osman
tvBergerac
1981
Ahmed
Crew1
movie7
2011
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