Haluk Bilginer
ActingAlso Known As
Nihat Haluk Bilginer, هالوک بیلگینر
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
(54 total)
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
W.E.
as Al Fayed
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
Innocence
as Bekir
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
Half Moon Street
as First Arab
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
TV Shows
(42 total)
Alex Rider
as Dr. Greif
EastEnders
as Mehmet Osman
Persona
as Agâh Beyoğlu
Spooks
as Emre Celenk
The Veil
as Mr. Demir
Innocent
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
Ezel
as Kenan Birkan
Hot Skull
as Haluk
Wild Abandon
as Berhudar
Sweet Life
as İhsan Yıldırım
Bergerac
as Ahmed
The Turkish Detective
as Çetin İkmen
Kaçak
as Faysal Mengen
Acayip Hikayeler
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
Baba
as Emin Saruhanlı
Şeref Bey
as Şeref
Gülşen Abi
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla