Haluk Bilginer

Actor

Born June 5, 1954 in 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.

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For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.

Acting

The Eighth Family
TV series, 2025
8 episodes
Yan Yana
Film, 2025
as Refik
Lovers & Liars
TV series, 2025
as Kadir
Maria
Film, 2024
as Aristotle Onassis
The Veil
TV series, 2024
as Mr. Demir
A Long Cold Winter
Film, 2024
The Turkish Detective
TV series, 2023
as Çetin İkmen
Hot Skull
TV series, 2022
as Haluk
Wild Abandon
TV series, 2022
as Berhudar
Baba
TV series, 2022
as Emin Saruhanlı
Stuck Apart
Film, 2021
as Erbil
Şeref Bey
TV series, 2021
as Şeref
Leyla Everlasting
Film, 2020
as Adem
Alex Rider
TV series, 2020
as Dr. Greif
Noah Land
Film, 2019
as Ibrahim
Halloween
Film, 2018
as Dr. Sartain
Persona
TV series, 2018
as Agâh Beyoğlu
Forget About Nick
Film, 2017
as Nick
Shelter
Film, 2017
as Ahmet
Cingöz Recai
Film, 2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy
Film, 2017
as Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Film, 2017
as Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Film, 2017
as Khalil Bey
Black Letter
TV series, 2017
as Oğuz Karahan
The Last Schnitzel
Film, 2017
as The President
Innocent
TV series, 2017
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
Ben-Hur
Film, 2016
as Simonides
A Long Cold Winter
Film, 2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Film, 2014
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater
Film, 2014
as Baba Akbar