Acting
Haluk Bilginer
EN, TR, DE cinema · 57 credits
Born
5 June 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
İzmir, Turkey
Also known as Nihat Haluk Bilginer · هالوک بیلگینر
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
Filmography
Yan Yana
as Refik
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
Noah Land
as Ibrahim
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Shelter
as Ahmet
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
Trendy
as Hasan
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
W.E.
as Al Fayed
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Actor, Translator
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
as Cebrail
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun
as Alper Canan
Police
as Musa Rami
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Muhtar
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Disappeared
as Inspector Yilmaz
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
as King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
Elephants and Grass
as Sabit Üzücü
Beans
as Bilge Dede
Güle Güle
as Zinnur
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
Innocence
as Bekir
Sawdust Tales
as Aaron
Nihavend Mucize
as Erol
The 80th Step
as Savcı
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
Cloud in Love
as Atila
Time of Death
as Ömer
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
Half Moon Street
as First Arab