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.
Known For
All Movies (54)
- Yan Yana2025 · as Refik
- Maria2024 · as Aristotle Onassis
- Stuck Apart2021 · as Erbil
- Leyla Everlasting2020 · as Adem
- Noah Land2019 · as Ibrahim
- Halloween2018 · as Dr. Sartain
- Forget About Nick2017 · as Nick
- Shelter2017 · as Ahmet
- Cingöz Recai2017 · as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- Trendy2017 · as Hasan
- The Bank of Broken Hearts2017 · as Yusuf Yağmur
- The Ottoman Lieutenant2017 · as Khalil Bey
- The Last Schnitzel2017 · as The President
- Ben-Hur2016 · as Simonides
- A Long Cold Winter2014
- Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu2014 · as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- Rosewater2014 · as Baba Akbar
- Winter Sleep2014 · as Aydın
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013 · as Nazmi Kemal
- Antonius and Cleopatra2012 · as Antonius
- W.E.2011 · as Al Fayed
- 72011
- Çanakkale Çocukları2011 · as Kasim
- Five Minarets in New York2010 · as Hacı
- 7 Husbands for Hurmuz2009 · as Cebrail
- The Watercolor-Suluboya2009
- The International2009 · as Ahmet Sunay
- A Son of the Sun2008 · as Alper Canan
- Cars of the Revolution2008 · as Necip
- Police2007 · as Musa Rami
- 15 Minutes Over Low Heat2006 · as Muhtar
- Killing the Shadows2006 · as Karagöz
- Robbery Alla Turca2005 · as Seçkin Doruk
- Disappeared2004 · as Inspector Yilmaz
- Where's Firuze?2004 · as Hayri Kalıpçı
- The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World2003 · as King Hattuþili III
- Buffalo Soldiers2002 · as The Turk
- Elephants and Grass2000 · as Sabit Üzücü
- Beans2000 · as Bilge Dede
- Güle Güle2000 · as Zinnur
- Last Harem1999 · as Abdülhamit II
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert1999 · as Col. Ismet Bay
- Innocence1997 · as Bekir
- Sawdust Tales1997 · as Aaron
- Nihavend Mucize1997 · as Erol
- Istanbul Beneath My Wings1996 · as Evliya Çelebi
- The 80th Step1996 · as Savcı
- Amerikalı1993
- Two Women1992
- Cloud in Love1991 · as Atila
- Time of Death1990 · as Ömer
- Ishtar1987 · as Guerrilla leader
- Half Moon Street1986 · as First Arab
- Beneath the Hagia Sophia— · as Narrator
All TV Shows (43)
- The Eighth Family2025
- Lovers & Liars2025 · as Kadir
- The Veil2024 · as Mr. Demir
- The Turkish Detective2023 · as Çetin İkmen
- El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena2022 · as Haluk
- Wild Abandon2022 · as Berhudar
- Baba2022 · as Emin Saruhanlı
- Şeref Bey2021 · as Şeref
- Alex Rider2020 · as Dr. Greif
- Persona2018 · as Agâh Beyoğlu
- Black Letter2017 · as Oğuz Karahan
- Innocent2017 · as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- Komedi Türkiye2015
- Kaçak2013 · as Faysal Mengen
- Hayatımın Rolü2012 · as Müşfik/Yaşar
- Acayip Hikayeler2012 · as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- İstanbul'un Altınları2011 · as Reşat Altın
- Cuma'ya Kalsa2010 · as Cuma
- Ezel2009 · as Kenan Birkan
- Sıkı Dostlar2009 · as Hikmet
- Nerede Kalmıştık2008 · as Ateş
- Sevgili Dünürüm2007 · as Ahmet
- Yine de Aşığım2005 · as Ali
- Yes, Minister2004 · as Samim Bayraktar
- Spooks2002 · as Emre Celenk
- Sweet Life2001 · as İhsan Yıldırım
- Cesur Kuşku2001 · as Cesur
- Running in the Dark2001 · as Ali
- Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü2000 · as Sedat Çolak
- YANLIŞ İÇERİK2000
- Eyvah Babam1998 · as Sedat Çolak
- Gülşen Abi1994 · as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- Sıcağı Sıcağına1993 · as Sunucu
- Son Söz Sevginin1993
- Borsa1993 · as Reha Çalık
- Laf Lafı Açıyor1991
- Gecenin Öteki Yüzü1987
- Ateşten Günler1987 · as Ahmet Rıfkı
- Murder of a Moderate Man1985
- EastEnders1985 · as Mehmet Osman
- The Bill1984
- Bergerac1981 · as Ahmed
- The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier—