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Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

Actor · Born 1954-06-05 · İzmir, Turkey

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Halloween (2018) — Dr. Sartain
  2. Ben-Hur (2016) — Simonides
  3. The International (2009) — Ahmet Sunay
  4. Winter Sleep (2014) — Aydın
  5. Maria (2024) — Aristotle Onassis
  6. Alex Rider (2020) — Dr. Greif
  7. Buffalo Soldiers (2002) — The Turk
  8. W.E. (2011) — Al Fayed
  9. The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017) — Khalil Bey
  10. The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) — Nazmi Kemal
  11. EastEnders (1985) — Mehmet Osman
  12. Persona (2018) — Agâh Beyoğlu
  13. Rosewater (2014) — Baba Akbar
  14. Ishtar (1987) — Guerrilla leader
  15. Five Minarets in New York (2010) — Hacı
  16. Spooks (2002) — Emre Celenk
  17. Innocence (1997) — Bekir
  18. The Veil (2024) — Mr. Demir
  19. Ezel (2009) — Kenan Birkan
  20. Innocent (2017) — Cevdet Bayrakçı
  21. Where's Firuze? (2004) — Hayri Kalıpçı
  22. Killing the Shadows (2006) — Karagöz
  23. Cars of the Revolution (2008) — Necip
  24. El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena (2022) — Haluk
  25. Stuck Apart (2021) — Erbil
  26. Half Moon Street (1986) — First Arab
  27. Last Harem (1999) — Abdülhamit II
  28. Cingöz Recai (2017) — Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
  29. 7 Husbands for Hurmuz (2009) — Cebrail
  30. Leyla Everlasting (2020) — Adem
  31. The Bill (1984)
  32. Wild Abandon (2022) — Berhudar
  33. Police (2007) — Musa Rami
  34. Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996) — Evliya Çelebi
  35. Noah Land (2019) — Ibrahim
  36. Sweet Life (2001) — İhsan Yıldırım
  37. A Son of the Sun (2008) — Alper Canan
  38. Robbery Alla Turca (2005) — Seçkin Doruk
  39. Shelter (2017) — Ahmet
  40. The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999) — Col. Ismet Bay