Haluk Bilginer
Acting
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.
Born: June 5, 1954 · İzmir, Turkey
Filmography (61)
The Eighth Family
2025
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
Lovers & Liars
2025
Maria
2024
The Veil
2024
The Turkish Detective
2023
Hot Skull
2022
Wild Abandon
2022
Baba
2022
Stuck Apart
2021
Leyla Everlasting
2020
Alex Rider
2020
Noah Land
2019
Halloween
2018
Persona
2018
Forget About Nick
2017
Shelter
2017
Cingöz Recai
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
The Last Schnitzel
2017
Innocent
2017
Ben-Hur
2016
Rosewater
2014
Winter Sleep
2014
Kaçak
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
W.E.
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
Five Minarets in New York
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
Ezel
2009
The International
2009
A Son of the Sun
2008
Cars of the Revolution
2008
Police
2007
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
Killing the Shadows
2006
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Where's Firuze?
2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Spooks
2002
Sweet Life
2001
Elephants and Grass
2000
Beans
2000
Güle Güle
2000
Last Harem
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Innocence
1997
Sawdust Tales
1997
Nihavend Mucize
1997
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
Amerikalı
1993
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
Ishtar
1987
Half Moon Street
1986
EastEnders
1985
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
1981