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