Haluk Bilginer
Acting
Born 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
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
Nov 14, 2025
Maria
Nov 27, 2024
Stuck Apart
Jan 8, 2021
Leyla Everlasting
Dec 4, 2020
Noah Land
Sep 29, 2019
Halloween
Oct 18, 2018
Forget About Nick
Dec 7, 2017
Shelter
Oct 19, 2017
Cingöz Recai
Oct 13, 2017
Trendy
Sep 25, 2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Apr 13, 2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Mar 28, 2017
The Last Schnitzel
Mar 14, 2017
Ben-Hur
Aug 17, 2016
A Long Cold Winter
Dec 31, 2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Nov 15, 2014
Rosewater
Nov 7, 2014
Winter Sleep
Jun 13, 2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Apr 24, 2013
Antonius and Cleopatra
Mar 27, 2012
W.E.
Sep 1, 2011
7
Jun 7, 2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
May 9, 2011
Five Minarets in New York
Mar 9, 2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Nov 20, 2009
The Watercolor-Suluboya
Nov 13, 2009
The International
Feb 3, 2009
A Son of the Sun
Nov 6, 2008
Cars of the Revolution
Oct 24, 2008
Police
Feb 16, 2007