Haluk Bilginer
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.
Known For
Bekir
Masumiyet
Alper Canan
Güneşin Oğlu
Aaron
Usta Beni Öldürsene
Cebrail
7 Kocalı Hürmüz
Musa Rami
Polis
Seçkin Doruk
Hırsız Var!
Karagöz
Hacivat Karagöz Neden Öldürüldü?
Hacı
Five Minarets in New York
Necip
Devrim Arabaları
Al Fayed
W.E.
7
Muhtar
Kısık Ateşte 15 Dakika
Hayri Kalıpçı
Neredesin Firuze
Kasim
Çanakkale Çocukları
Narrator
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Savcı
80. Adım
Sabit Üzücü
Filler ve Çimen
Baba Akbar
Rosewater
Antonius
Antonius and Cleopatra
Aristotle Onassis
Maria
Aydın
Kış Uykusu
Ömer
Ölürayak
Bilge Dede
Fasulye
First Arab
Half Moon Street
Guerrilla leader
Ishtar
Zinnur
Güle Güle
İki Kadın
Erol
Nihavend Mucize
Simonides
Ben-Hur
Khalil Bey
The Ottoman Lieutenant
King Hattuþili III
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Yusuf Yağmur
Kırık Kalpler Bankası
Evliya Çelebi
İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında
Ahmet Sunay
The International
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Cingöz Recai
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Nick
Forget About Nick
Ahmet
Shelter
Atila
Kara Sevdalı Bulut
Dr. Sartain
Halloween
The President
The Last Schnitzel
Col. Ismet Bay
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
The Turk
Buffalo Soldiers
Ibrahim
Nuh Tepesi
Hasan
Trendy
Nazmi Kemal
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
A Long Cold Winter
Erbil
Azizler
Abdülhamit II
Harem Suare
Adem
9 Kere Leyla
Inspector Yilmaz
She's Gone
Amerikalı
Refik
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
53
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-06-05
Place of Birth
İzmir, Turkey
Also Known As
Nihat Haluk Bilginer