Haluk Bilginer
Acting
1954-06-05 · İzmir, Turkey
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
The Eighth Family
2025 · Series
Yan Yana
2025 · Movie
Lovers & Liars
2025 · Series
Maria
2024 · Movie
The Veil
2024 · Series
The Turkish Detective
2023 · Series
Hot Skull
2022 · Series
Wild Abandon
2022 · Series
Baba
2022 · Series
Stuck Apart
2021 · Movie
Şeref Bey
2021 · Series
Leyla Everlasting
2020 · Movie
Alex Rider
2020 · Series
Noah Land
2019 · Movie
Halloween
2018 · Movie
Persona
2018 · Series
Forget About Nick
2017 · Movie
Shelter
2017 · Movie
Cingöz Recai
2017 · Movie
Trendy
2017 · Movie
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017 · Movie
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · Movie
Black Letter
2017 · Series
The Last Schnitzel
2017 · Movie
Innocent
2017 · Series
Ben-Hur
2016 · Movie
Komedi Türkiye
2015 · Series
A Long Cold Winter
2014 · Movie
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014 · Movie
Rosewater
2014 · Movie
Winter Sleep
2014 · Movie
Kaçak
2013 · Series
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Movie
Hayatımın Rolü
2012 · Series
Acayip Hikayeler
2012 · Series
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
2012 · Movie
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012 · Movie
W.E.
2011 · Movie
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011 · Series
7
2011 · Movie
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011 · Movie
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010 · Series
Five Minarets in New York
2010 · Movie
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009 · Movie
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009 · Movie
Ezel
2009 · Series
Sıkı Dostlar
2009 · Series
The International
2009 · Movie
A Son of the Sun
2008 · Movie
Cars of the Revolution
2008 · Movie
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008 · Series
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007 · Series
Police
2007 · Movie
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006 · Movie
Killing the Shadows
2006 · Movie
Yine de Aşığım
2005 · Series
Robbery Alla Turca
2005 · Movie
Yes, Minister
2004 · Series
Disappeared
2004 · Movie
Where's Firuze?
2004 · Movie
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003 · Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · Movie
Spooks
2002 · Series
Sweet Life
2001 · Series
Cesur Kuşku
2001 · Series
Running in the Dark
2001 · Series
Elephants and Grass
2000 · Movie
Beans
2000 · Movie
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000 · Series
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000 · Series
Güle Güle
2000 · Movie
Last Harem
1999 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · Movie
Eyvah Babam
1998 · Series
Innocence
1997 · Movie
Nihavend Mucize
1997 · Movie
Sawdust Tales
1997 · Movie
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Movie
The 80th Step
1996 · Movie
Gülşen Abi
1994 · Series
Amerikalı
1993 · Movie
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993 · Series
Son Söz Sevginin
1993 · Series
Borsa
1993 · Series
Two Women
1992 · Movie
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991 · Series
Cloud in Love
1991 · Movie
Time of Death
1990 · Movie
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987 · Series
Ishtar
1987 · Movie
Ateşten Günler
1987 · Series
Half Moon Street
1986 · Movie
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985 · Series
EastEnders
1985 · Series
The Bill
1984 · Series
Bergerac
1981 · Series
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
Series
Güneye Giderken
Movie
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Movie