Haluk Bilginer
Acting
Born June 5, 1954 · 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.
Known for
Filmography
Yan Yana
2025 · Refik
Maria
2024 · Aristotle Onassis
Stuck Apart
2021 · Erbil
Leyla Everlasting
2020 · Adem
Noah Land
2019 · Ibrahim
Halloween
2018 · Dr. Sartain
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · Khalil Bey
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017 · Yusuf Yağmur
Cingöz Recai
2017 · Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Forget About Nick
2017 · Nick
Shelter
2017 · Ahmet
The Last Schnitzel
2017 · The President
Ben-Hur
2016 · Simonides
Rosewater
2014 · Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep
2014 · Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · Nazmi Kemal
W.E.
2011 · Al Fayed
Five Minarets in New York
2010 · Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009 · Cebrail
The International
2009 · Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun
2008 · Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution
2008 · Necip
Police
2007 · Musa Rami
Killing the Shadows
2006 · Karagöz
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006 · Muhtar
Robbery Alla Turca
2005 · Seçkin Doruk
Where's Firuze?
2004 · Hayri Kalıpçı
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · The Turk
Elephants and Grass
2000 · Sabit Üzücü
Beans
2000 · Bilge Dede
Güle Güle
2000 · Zinnur
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · Col. Ismet Bay
Last Harem
1999 · Abdülhamit II
Innocence
1997 · Bekir
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Evliya Çelebi
Amerikalı
1993
Ishtar
1987 · Guerrilla leader
Half Moon Street
1986 · First Arab