Haluk Bilginer
Acting
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.
Filmography 97
Movies (54)
Yan Yana2025Refik
Maria2024Aristotle Onassis
Stuck Apart2021Erbil
Leyla Everlasting2020Adem
Noah Land2019Ibrahim
Halloween2018Dr. Sartain
Forget About Nick2017Nick
Shelter2017Ahmet
Cingöz Recai2017Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy2017Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts2017Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant2017Khalil Bey
The Last Schnitzel2017The President
Ben-Hur2016Simonides
A Long Cold Winter2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu2014Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater2014Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep2014Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013Nazmi Kemal
Antonius and Cleopatra2012Antonius
W.E.2011Al Fayed
72011
Çanakkale Çocukları2011Kasim
Five Minarets in New York2010Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz2009Cebrail
The Watercolor-Suluboya2009
The International2009Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun2008Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution2008Necip
Police2007Musa Rami
Shows (43)
The Eighth Family2025
Lovers & Liars2025Kadir
The Veil2024Mr. Demir
The Turkish Detective2023Çetin İkmen
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena2022Haluk
Wild Abandon2022Berhudar
Baba2022Emin Saruhanlı
Şeref Bey2021Şeref
Alex Rider2020Dr. Greif
Persona2018Agâh Beyoğlu
Black Letter2017Oğuz Karahan
Innocent2017Cevdet Bayrakçı- Komedi Türkiye2015
Kaçak2013Faysal Mengen
Hayatımın Rolü2012Müşfik/Yaşar
Acayip Hikayeler2012Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
İstanbul'un Altınları2011Reşat Altın
Cuma'ya Kalsa2010Cuma
Ezel2009Kenan Birkan
Sıkı Dostlar2009Hikmet
Nerede Kalmıştık2008Ateş
Sevgili Dünürüm2007Ahmet
Yine de Aşığım2005Ali
Yes, Minister2004Samim Bayraktar
Spooks2002Emre Celenk
Sweet Life2001İhsan Yıldırım
Cesur Kuşku2001Cesur
Running in the Dark2001Ali
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü2000Sedat Çolak
YANLIŞ İÇERİK2000