Acting
Haluk Bilginer
Born June 5, 1954 · İzmir, Turkey
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
6.5
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
5.7
Ben-Hur
Simonides
6.5
The International
Ahmet Sunay
8.0
Winter Sleep
Aydın
6.4
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
7.5
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif
6.7
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk
6.2
W.E.
Al Fayed
6.4
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey
6.8
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal
4.8
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
8.9
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
6.6
Rosewater
Baba Akbar
4.8
Ishtar
Guerrilla leader
8.3
Spooks
Emre Celenk
5.7
Five Minarets in New York
Hacı
8.0
Innocence
Bekir
6.4
The Veil
Mr. Demir
8.6
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
8.3
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı
Filmography
- 2025The Eighth FamilySeries
- 2025Yan YanaRefikMovie
- 2025Lovers & LiarsKadirSeries
- 2024MariaAristotle OnassisMovie
- 2024The VeilMr. DemirSeries
- 2024A Long Cold WinterMovie
- 2023The Turkish DetectiveÇetin İkmenSeries
- 2022Hot SkullHalukSeries
- 2022Wild AbandonBerhudarSeries
- 2022BabaEmin SaruhanlıSeries
- 2021Stuck ApartErbilMovie
- 2021Şeref BeyŞerefSeries
- 2020Leyla EverlastingAdemMovie
- 2020Alex RiderDr. GreifSeries
- 2019Noah LandIbrahimMovie
- 2018HalloweenDr. SartainMovie
- 2018PersonaAgâh BeyoğluSeries
- 2017Forget About NickNickMovie
- 2017ShelterAhmetMovie
- 2017Cingöz RecaiBaşkomiser Mehmet RızaMovie
- 2017TrendyHasanMovie
- 2017The Bank of Broken HeartsYusuf YağmurMovie
- 2017The Ottoman LieutenantKhalil BeyMovie
- 2017Black LetterOğuz KarahanSeries
- 2017The Last SchnitzelThe PresidentMovie
- 2017InnocentCevdet BayrakçıSeries
- 2016Ben-HurSimonidesMovie
- 2015Komedi TürkiyeSeries
- 2014A Long Cold WinterMovie
- 2014Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük SuyuEvliya Çelebi (voice)Movie
- 2014RosewaterBaba AkbarMovie
- 2014Winter SleepAydınMovie
- 2013KaçakFaysal MengenSeries
- 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistNazmi KemalMovie
- 2012Hayatımın RolüMüşfik/YaşarSeries
- 2012Acayip HikayelerSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)Series
- 2012Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip HikayelerSinanMovie
- 2012Antonius and CleopatraAntoniusMovie
- 2011W.E.Al FayedMovie
- 2011İstanbul'un AltınlarıReşat AltınSeries
- 20117Movie
- 2011Çanakkale ÇocuklarıKasimMovie
- 2010Cuma'ya KalsaCumaSeries
- 2010Five Minarets in New YorkHacıMovie
- 20097 Husbands for HurmuzCebrailMovie
- 2009The Watercolor-SuluboyaMovie
- 2009EzelKenan BirkanSeries
- 2009Sıkı DostlarHikmetSeries
- 2009The InternationalAhmet SunayMovie
- 2008A Son of the SunAlper CananMovie
- 2008Cars of the RevolutionNecipMovie
- 2008Nerede KalmıştıkAteşSeries
- 2007Sevgili DünürümAhmetSeries
- 2007PoliceMusa RamiMovie
- 200615 Minutes Over Low HeatMuhtarMovie
- 2006Killing the ShadowsKaragözMovie
- 2005Yine de AşığımAliSeries
- 2005Robbery Alla TurcaSeçkin DorukMovie
- 2004Yes, MinisterSamim BayraktarSeries
- 2004DisappearedInspector YilmazMovie
- 2004Where's Firuze?Hayri KalıpçıMovie
- 2003The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the WorldKing Hattuþili IIIMovie
- 2002Buffalo SoldiersThe TurkMovie
- 2002SpooksEmre CelenkSeries
- 2001Sweet Lifeİhsan YıldırımSeries
- 2001Cesur KuşkuCesurSeries
- 2001Running in the DarkAliSeries
- 2000Elephants and GrassSabit ÜzücüMovie
- 2000BeansBilge DedeMovie
- 2000Eyvah Kızım BüyüdüSedat ÇolakSeries
- 2000YANLIŞ İÇERİKSeries
- 2000Güle GüleZinnurMovie
- 1999Last HaremAbdülhamit IIMovie
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertCol. Ismet BayMovie
- 1998Eyvah BabamSedat ÇolakSeries
- 1997InnocenceBekirMovie
- 1997Nihavend MucizeErolMovie
- 1997Sawdust TalesAaronMovie
- 1996Istanbul Beneath My WingsEvliya ÇelebiMovie
- 1996The 80th StepSavcıMovie
- 1994Gülşen AbiAbidin Özbidin / Gülşen AblaSeries
- 1993AmerikalıMovie
- 1993Sıcağı SıcağınaSunucuSeries
- 1993Son Söz SevgininSeries
- 1993BorsaReha ÇalıkSeries
- 1992Two WomenMovie
- 1991Laf Lafı AçıyorSeries
- 1991Cloud in LoveAtilaMovie
- 1990Time of DeathÖmerMovie
- 1987Gecenin Öteki YüzüSeries
- 1987IshtarGuerrilla leaderMovie
- 1987Ateşten GünlerAhmet RıfkıSeries
- 1986Half Moon StreetFirst ArabMovie
- 1985Murder of a Moderate ManSeries
- 1985EastEndersMehmet OsmanSeries
- 1984The BillSeries
- 1981BergeracAhmedSeries
- —Beneath the Hagia SophiaNarratorMovie
- —Güneye GiderkenTurgayMovie
- —The Strange Tale of Gustav MaierSeries