Haluk Bilginer

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Haluk Bilginer

Acting 72 June 5, 1954

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 rol…

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Halloween

Halloween

6.6 2018 Movie
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur

5.8 2016 Movie
The International

The International

6.3 2009 Movie
EastEnders

EastEnders

4.2 1985 TV Show
The Bill

The Bill

6.8 1984 TV Show
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

7.5 2014 Movie
Maria

Maria

6.5 2024 Movie
Alex Rider

Alex Rider

7.8 2020 TV Show
Spooks

Spooks

7.7 2002 TV Show
Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers

6.3 2002 Movie
W.E.

W.E.

6.3 2011 Movie
Sweet Life

Sweet Life

8.0 2001 TV Show

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    The Eighth Family

    TV show

  2. 2025
    Yan Yana

    Movie Refik

  3. 2025
    Lovers & Liars

    TV show Kadir

  4. 2024
    Maria

    Movie Aristotle Onassis

  5. 2024
    The Veil

    TV show Mr. Demir

  6. 2023
    The Turkish Detective

    TV show Çetin İkmen

  7. 2022
    Hot Skull

    TV show Haluk

  8. 2022
    Wild Abandon

    TV show Berhudar

  9. 2022
    Baba

    TV show Emin Saruhanlı

  10. 2021
    Stuck Apart

    Movie Erbil

  11. 2021
    Şeref Bey

    TV show Şeref

  12. 2020
    Leyla Everlasting

    Movie Adem

  13. 2020
    Alex Rider

    TV show Dr. Greif

  14. 2019
    Noah Land

    Movie Ibrahim

  15. 2018
    Halloween

    Movie Dr. Sartain

  16. 2018
    Persona

    TV show Agâh Beyoğlu

More credits
  1. 2017
    Forget About Nick

    Movie Nick

  2. 2017
    Shelter

    Movie Ahmet

  3. 2017
    Cingöz Recai

    Movie Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

  4. 2017
    Trendy

    Movie Hasan

  5. 2017
    The Bank of Broken Hearts

    Movie Yusuf Yağmur

  6. 2017
    The Ottoman Lieutenant

    Movie Khalil Bey

  7. 2017
    Black Letter

    TV show Oğuz Karahan

  8. 2017
    The Last Schnitzel

    Movie The President

  9. 2017
    Innocent

    TV show Cevdet Bayrakçı

  10. 2016
    Ben-Hur

    Movie Simonides

  11. 2015
    Komedi Türkiye

    TV show

  12. 2014
    A Long Cold Winter

    Movie

  13. 2014
    Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

    Movie Evliya Çelebi (voice)

  14. 2014
    Rosewater

    Movie Baba Akbar

  15. 2014
    Winter Sleep

    Movie Aydın

  16. 2013
    Kaçak

    TV show Faysal Mengen

  17. 2013
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    Movie Nazmi Kemal

  18. 2012
    Hayatımın Rolü

    TV show Müşfik/Yaşar

  19. 2012
    Acayip Hikayeler

    TV show Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)

  20. 2012
    Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler

    Movie Sinan

  21. 2012
    Antonius and Cleopatra

    Movie Antonius

  22. 2011
    W.E.

    Movie Al Fayed

  23. 2011
    İstanbul'un Altınları

    TV show Reşat Altın

  24. 2011
    7

    Movie