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.
Acted in
Maria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis
The Veil
2024
as Mr. Demir
The Turkish Detective
2023
as Çetin İkmen
Hot Skull
2022
as Haluk
Wild Abandon
2022
as Berhudar
Baba
2022
as Emin Saruhanlı
Stuck Apart
2021
as Erbil
Şeref Bey
2021
as Şeref
Leyla Everlasting
2020
as Adem
Alex Rider
2020
as Dr. Greif
Noah Land
2019
as Ibrahim
Halloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain
Persona
2018
as Agâh Beyoğlu
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
Black Letter
2017
as Oğuz Karahan
The Last Schnitzel
2017
as The President
Innocent
2017
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
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
Kaçak
2013
as Faysal Mengen
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Nazmi Kemal
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
as Müşfik/Yaşar
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
as Antonius
W.E.
2011
as Al Fayed
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
as Reşat Altın
7
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
as Kasim
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
as Cuma
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
as Cebrail
Ezel
2009
as Kenan Birkan
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
as Hikmet
The International
2009
as Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun
2008
as Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution
2008
as Necip
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
as Ateş
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
as Ahmet
Police
2007
as Musa Rami
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
as Muhtar
Killing the Shadows
2006
as Karagöz
Yine de Aşığım
2005
as Ali
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
as Seçkin Doruk
Yes, Minister
2004
as Samim Bayraktar
Disappeared
2004
as Inspector Yilmaz
Where's Firuze?
2004
as Hayri Kalıpçı
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as The Turk
Spooks
2002
as Emre Celenk
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
2002
as Col. Ismet Bay
Sweet Life
2001
as İhsan Yıldırım
Cesur Kuşku
2001
as Cesur
Running in the Dark
2001
as Ali
Elephants and Grass
2000
as Sabit Üzücü
Beans
2000
as Bilge Dede
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
as Sedat Çolak
Güle Güle
2000
as Zinnur
Last Harem
1999
as Abdülhamit II
Eyvah Babam
1998
as Sedat Çolak
Innocence
1997
as Bekir
Sawdust Tales
1997
as Aaron
Nihavend Mucize
1997
as Erol
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
as Evliya Çelebi
The 80th Step
1996
as Savcı
Gülşen Abi
1994
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Amerikalı
1993
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
Two Women
1992
Cloud in Love
1991
as Atila
Ölürayak
1990
as Ömer
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
Ishtar
1987
as Guerrilla leader
Ateşten Günler
1987
as Ahmet Rıfkı
Half Moon Street
1986
as First Arab
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
EastEnders
1985
as Mehmet Osman
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
1981
as Ahmed
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator