Haluk Bilginer
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.
Filmography
Yan Yana
2025
as Refik
Maria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis
Stuck Apart
2021
as Erbil
Leyla Everlasting
2020
as Adem
Noah Land
2019
as Ibrahim
Halloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain
Forget About Nick
2017
as Nick
Shelter
2017
as Ahmet
Cingöz Recai
2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy
2017
as Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
as Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Khalil Bey
The Last Schnitzel
2017
as The President
Ben-Hur
2016
as Simonides
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater
2014
as Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep
2014
as Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Nazmi Kemal
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
2012
as Sinan
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
as Antonius
W.E.
2011
as Al Fayed
7
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
as Kasim