Haluk Bilginer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 5, 1954 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- İzmir, Turkey
- Credits
- 100
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
Filmography
The Eighth Family
2025TV
Yan Yana
2025Movie
Refik
Lovers & Liars
2025TV
Kadir
Maria
2024Movie
Aristotle Onassis
The Veil
2024TV
Mr. Demir
A Long Cold Winter
2024Movie
The Turkish Detective
2023TV
Çetin İkmen
Hot Skull
2022TV
Haluk
Wild Abandon
2022TV
Berhudar
Baba
2022TV
Emin Saruhanlı
Stuck Apart
2021Movie
Erbil
Şeref Bey
2021TV
Şeref
Leyla Everlasting
2020Movie
Adem
Alex Rider
2020TV
Dr. Greif
Noah Land
2019Movie
Ibrahim
Halloween
2018Movie
Dr. Sartain
Persona
2018TV
Agâh Beyoğlu
Forget About Nick
2017Movie
Nick
Shelter
2017Movie
Ahmet
Cingöz Recai
2017Movie
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy
2017Movie
Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017Movie
Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017Movie
Khalil Bey
Black Letter
2017TV
Oğuz Karahan
The Last Schnitzel
2017Movie
The President
Innocent
2017TV
Cevdet Bayrakçı
Ben-Hur
2016Movie
Simonides
Komedi Türkiye
2015TV
A Long Cold Winter
2014Movie
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014Movie
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater
2014Movie
Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep
2014Movie
Aydın
Kaçak
2013TV
Faysal Mengen
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013Movie
Nazmi Kemal
Hayatımın Rolü
2012TV
Müşfik/Yaşar
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
2012Movie
Sinan
Acayip Hikayeler
2012TV
Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012Movie
Antonius
W.E.
2011Movie
Al Fayed
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011TV
Reşat Altın
7
2011Movie
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011Movie
Kasim
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010TV
Cuma
Five Minarets in New York
2010Movie
Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009Movie
Cebrail
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009Movie
Ezel
2009TV
Kenan Birkan
Sıkı Dostlar
2009TV
Hikmet
The International
2009Movie
Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun
2008Movie
Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution
2008Movie
Necip
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008TV
Ateş
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007TV
Ahmet
Police
2007Movie
Musa Rami
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006Movie
Muhtar
Killing the Shadows
2006Movie
Karagöz
Yine de Aşığım
2005TV
Ali
Robbery Alla Turca
2005Movie
Seçkin Doruk
Yes, Minister
2004TV
Samim Bayraktar
Disappeared
2004Movie
Inspector Yilmaz
Where's Firuze?
2004Movie
Hayri Kalıpçı
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003Movie
King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers
2002Movie
The Turk
Spooks
2002TV
Emre Celenk
Sweet Life
2001TV
İhsan Yıldırım
Cesur Kuşku
2001TV
Cesur
Running in the Dark
2001TV
Ali
Elephants and Grass
2000Movie
Sabit Üzücü
Beans
2000Movie
Bilge Dede
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000TV
Sedat Çolak
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000TV
Güle Güle
2000Movie
Zinnur
Last Harem
1999Movie
Abdülhamit II
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999Movie
Col. Ismet Bay
Eyvah Babam
1998TV
Sedat Çolak
Innocence
1997Movie
Bekir
Sawdust Tales
1997Movie
Aaron
Nihavend Mucize
1997Movie
Erol
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996Movie
Evliya Çelebi
The 80th Step
1996Movie
Savcı
Gülşen Abi
1994TV
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Amerikalı
1993Movie
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993TV
Sunucu
Son Söz Sevginin
1993TV
Borsa
1993TV
Reha Çalık
Two Women
1992Movie
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991TV
Cloud in Love
1991Movie
Atila
Time of Death
1990Movie
Ömer
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987TV
Ishtar
1987Movie
Guerrilla leader
Ateşten Günler
1987TV
Ahmet Rıfkı
Half Moon Street
1986Movie
First Arab
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985TV
EastEnders
1985TV
Mehmet Osman
The Bill
1984TV
Bergerac
1981TV
Ahmed
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
TV
Güneye Giderken
Movie
Turgay
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Movie
Narrator