Haluk Bilginer
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.
97 acting credits
Acting · 97
EastEnders
1985
Spooks
2002
Bergerac
1981
The Bill
1984
Alex Rider
2020
Ezel
2009
The Eighth Family
2025
Lovers & Liars
2025
The Veil
2024
Halloween
2018
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
Baba
2022
Persona
2018
Ben-Hur
2016
The International
2009
Maria
2024
Kaçak
2013
Gülşen Abi
1994
Innocent
2017
The Turkish Detective
2023
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022
Sweet Life
2001
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Wild Abandon
2022
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
W.E.
2011
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Winter Sleep
2014
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Ishtar
1987
Şeref Bey
2021
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
Half Moon Street
1986
Rosewater
2014
Black Letter
2017
Five Minarets in New York
2010
Yes, Minister
2004
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993
Last Harem
1999
Running in the Dark
2001
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
Shelter
2017
Stuck Apart
2021
Yine de Aşığım
2005
Cesur Kuşku
2001
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
Komedi Türkiye
2015
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Disappeared
2004
Where's Firuze?
2004
The Last Schnitzel
2017
Innocence
1997
Trendy
2017
Cars of the Revolution
2008
A Son of the Sun
2008
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Killing the Shadows
2006
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
Leyla Everlasting
2020
Forget About Nick
2017
Eyvah Babam
1998
Borsa
1993
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
Ateşten Günler
1987
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
Amerikalı
1993
Cingöz Recai
2017
Two Women
1992
Noah Land
2019
Police
2007
Güle Güle
2000
Elephants and Grass
2000
The 80th Step
1996
Nihavend Mucize
1997
Sawdust Tales
1997
Beans
2000
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
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15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Time of Death
1990
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
Cloud in Love
1991
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
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2011