Haluk Bilginer
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
89
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-06-06 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
İzmir, Turkey
Acting
2024
Maria as Aristotle Onassis2024
The Veil as Mr. Demir2023
The Turkish Detective as Çetin İkmen2022
Baba as Emin Saruhanlı2022
Wild Abandon as Berhudar2022
Hot Skull as Haluk2021
Stuck Apart as Erbil2021
Şeref Bey as Şeref2020
Alex Rider as Dr. Greif2020
Leyla Everlasting as Adem2019
Noah Land as Ibrahim2018
Halloween as Dr. Sartain2018
Persona as Agâh Beyoğlu2017
Innocent as Cevdet Bayrakçı2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey2017
Black Letter as Oğuz Karahan2017
Shelter as Ahmet2017
The Last Schnitzel as The President2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur2017
Forget About Nick as Nick2017
Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza2017
Trendy as Hasan2016
Ben-Hur as Simonides2014
Winter Sleep as Aydın2014
Rosewater as Baba Akbar2014
A Long Cold Winter as Not available2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)2013
Kaçak as Faysal Mengen2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Nazmi Kemal2012
Hayatımın Rolü as Müşfik/Yaşar2012
Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)2012
Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius2011
İstanbul'un Altınları as Reşat Altın2011
W.E. as Al Fayed2011
7 as Not available2011
Çanakkale Çocukları as Kasim2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa as Cuma2010
Five Minarets in New York as Hacı2009
Ezel as Kenan Birkan2009
Sıkı Dostlar as Hikmet2009
The International as Ahmet Sunay2009
7 Husbands for Hurmuz as Cebrail2008
Nerede Kalmıştık as Ateş2008
A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan2008
Cars of the Revolution as Necip2007
Sevgili Dünürüm as Ahmet2007
Police as Musa Rami2006
15 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar2006
Killing the Shadows as Karagöz2005
Yine de Aşığım as Ali2005
Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk2004
Yes, Minister as Samim Bayraktar2004
Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı2004
Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz2003
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World as King Hattuþili III2002
Spooks as Emre Celenk2002
Buffalo Soldiers as The Turk2001
Sweet Life as İhsan Yıldırım2001
Cesur Kuşku as Cesur2001
Running in the Dark as Ali2000
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü as Sedat Çolak2000
Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü2000
Beans as Bilge Dede2000
Güle Güle as Zinnur1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay1999
Last Harem as Abdülhamit II1998
Eyvah Babam as Sedat Çolak1997
Innocence as Bekir1997
Sawdust Tales as Aaron1997
Nihavend Mucize as Erol1996
The 80th Step as Savcı1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi1994
Gülşen Abi as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla1993
Son Söz Sevginin as Not available1993
Sıcağı Sıcağına as Sunucu1993
Amerikalı as Not available1992
Two Women as Not available1991
Cloud in Love as Atila1990
Ölürayak as Ömer1987
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü as Not available1987
Ateşten Günler as Ahmet Rıfkı1987
Ishtar as Guerrilla leader1986
Half Moon Street as First Arab1985
EastEnders as Mehmet Osman1985
Murder of a Moderate Man as Not available1984
The Bill as Not available1981
Bergerac as AhmedNaN
Beneath the Hagia Sophia as NarratorCrew
2011
7 Translator