Haluk Bilginer
Acting
Born: 1954-06-05 in İzmir, Turkey
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
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur
Simonides
The International
Ahmet Sunay
Winter Sleep
Aydın
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk
W.E.
Al Fayed
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
Rosewater
Baba Akbar
Ishtar
Guerrilla leader
Spooks
Emre Celenk
Five Minarets in New York
Hacı
Innocence
Bekir
The Veil
Mr. Demir
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı
Where's Firuze?
Hayri Kalıpçı
Killing the Shadows
Karagöz
Cars of the Revolution
Necip
Hot Skull
Haluk
Stuck Apart
Erbil
Half Moon Street
First Arab
Last Harem
Abdülhamit II
Cingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Leyla Everlasting
Adem
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Cebrail
The Bill
Wild Abandon
Berhudar
Noah Land
Ibrahim
Police
Musa Rami
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Evliya Çelebi
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım
Sweet Life
A Son of the Sun
Alper Canan
Robbery Alla Turca
Seçkin Doruk
Shelter
Ahmet