Haluk Bilginer
Acting · Born 1954-06-05 · age 72 · İzmir, Turkey
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.
Titles
Halloween
Ben-Hur
The International
Winter Sleep
Maria
Alex Rider
Buffalo Soldiers
W.E.
The Ottoman Lieutenant
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
EastEnders
Persona
Rosewater
Ishtar
Five Minarets in New York
Spooks
Innocence
The Veil
Ezel
Innocent
Where's Firuze?
Killing the Shadows
Cars of the Revolution
Hot Skull
Stuck Apart
Half Moon Street
Last Harem
Cingöz Recai
Leyla Everlasting
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
The Bill
Wild Abandon
Police
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Noah Land
Sweet Life
A Son of the Sun
Robbery Alla Turca
Shelter
Yan Yana
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Amerikalı
Bergerac
Elephants and Grass
Beans
Forget About Nick
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
The Last Schnitzel
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Güle Güle
The Turkish Detective
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Nihavend Mucize
Kaçak
The Eighth Family
Sawdust Tales
Çanakkale Çocukları
Acayip Hikayeler
Baba
Şeref Bey