Haluk Bilginer
Acting • Born 1954-06-05
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
96 credits
Innocence
Movie • 1997
Bekir
A Son of the Sun
Movie • 2008
Alper Canan
Sawdust Tales
Movie • 1997
Aaron
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Movie • 2009
Cebrail
Police
Movie • 2007
Musa Rami
Robbery Alla Turca
Movie • 2005
Seçkin Doruk
Killing the Shadows
Movie • 2006
Karagöz
Five Minarets in New York
Movie • 2010
Hacı
Cars of the Revolution
Movie • 2008
Necip
W.E.
Movie • 2011
Al Fayed
7
Movie • 2011
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Movie • 2006
Muhtar
Where's Firuze?
Movie • 2004
Hayri Kalıpçı
Çanakkale Çocukları
Movie • 2011
Kasim
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Movie
Narrator
The 80th Step
Movie • 1996
Savcı
Elephants and Grass
Movie • 2000
Sabit Üzücü
Rosewater
Movie • 2014
Baba Akbar
Antonius and Cleopatra
Movie • 2012
Antonius
Maria
Movie • 2024
Aristotle Onassis
Winter Sleep
Movie • 2014
Aydın
Time of Death
Movie • 1990
Ömer
Beans
Movie • 2000
Bilge Dede
Half Moon Street
Movie • 1986
First Arab
Ishtar
Movie • 1987
Guerrilla leader
Güle Güle
Movie • 2000
Zinnur
Two Women
Movie • 1992
Nihavend Mucize
Movie • 1997
Erol
Ben-Hur
Movie • 2016
Simonides
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Movie • 2017
Khalil Bey
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Movie • 2003
King Hattuþili III
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Movie • 2017
Yusuf Yağmur
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Movie • 1996
Evliya Çelebi
The International
Movie • 2009
Ahmet Sunay
Cingöz Recai
Movie • 2017
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Movie • 2014
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Forget About Nick
Movie • 2017
Nick
Shelter
Movie • 2017
Ahmet
Cloud in Love
Movie • 1991
Atila
Halloween
Movie • 2018
Dr. Sartain
The Last Schnitzel
Movie • 2017
The President
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Movie • 1999
Col. Ismet Bay
Buffalo Soldiers
Movie • 2002
The Turk
Noah Land
Movie • 2019
Ibrahim
Trendy
Movie • 2017
Hasan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Movie • 2013
Nazmi Kemal
A Long Cold Winter
Movie • 2014
Stuck Apart
Movie • 2021
Erbil
Last Harem
Movie • 1999
Abdülhamit II
Leyla Everlasting
Movie • 2020
Adem
Disappeared
Movie • 2004
Inspector Yilmaz
Amerikalı
Movie • 1993
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
Movie • 2025
Refik
The Watercolor-Suluboya
Movie • 2009
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Ahmed
EastEnders
TV • 1985
Mehmet Osman
The Bill
TV • 1984
Spooks
TV • 2002
Emre Celenk
Yes, Minister
TV • 2004
Samim Bayraktar
Murder of a Moderate Man
TV • 1985
Sevgili Dünürüm
TV • 2007
Ahmet
Ezel
TV • 2009
Kenan Birkan
Yine de Aşığım
TV • 2005
Ali
Alex Rider
TV • 2020
Dr. Greif
Kaçak
TV • 2013
Faysal Mengen
Sıkı Dostlar
TV • 2009
Hikmet
Acayip Hikayeler
TV • 2012
Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
Baba
TV • 2022
Emin Saruhanlı
Innocent
TV • 2017
Cevdet Bayrakçı
Wild Abandon
TV • 2022
Berhudar
Eyvah Babam
TV • 1998
Sedat Çolak
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
TV • 2000
Sedat Çolak
Sweet Life
TV • 2001
İhsan Yıldırım
The Turkish Detective
TV • 2023
Çetin İkmen
Persona
TV • 2018
Agâh Beyoğlu
Nerede Kalmıştık
TV • 2008
Ateş
İstanbul'un Altınları
TV • 2011
Reşat Altın
Running in the Dark
TV • 2001
Ali
Hayatımın Rolü
TV • 2012
Müşfik/Yaşar
Ateşten Günler
TV • 1987
Ahmet Rıfkı
Cesur Kuşku
TV • 2001
Cesur
Cuma'ya Kalsa
TV • 2010
Cuma
Black Letter
TV • 2017
Oğuz Karahan
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
TV • 1987
Hot Skull
TV • 2022
Haluk
Gülşen Abi
TV • 1994
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Son Söz Sevginin
TV • 1993
The Veil
TV • 2024
Mr. Demir
Şeref Bey
TV • 2021
Şeref
Sıcağı Sıcağına
TV • 1993
Sunucu
Lovers & Liars
TV • 2025
Kadir
The Eighth Family
TV • 2025
Borsa
TV • 1993
Reha Çalık
Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?
TV • 2000
Komedi Türkiye
TV • 2015
Laf Lafı Açıyor
TV • 1991