Haluk Bilginer
Acting Born Jun 5, 1954 İzmir, Turkey 24 credits
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.
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Full filmography
- EastEnders (1985) as Mehmet Osman
- Spooks (2002) as Emre Celenk
- Bergerac (1981) as Ahmed
- The Bill (1984)
- Ezel (2009) as Kenan Birkan
- Alex Rider (2020) as Dr. Greif
- Lovers & Liars (2025) as Kadir
- The Eighth Family (2025)
- Halloween (2018) as Dr. Sartain
- The Veil (2024) as Mr. Demir
- Ben-Hur (2016) as Simonides
- Baba (2022) as Emin Saruhanlı
- Persona (2018) as Agâh Beyoğlu
- Kaçak (2013) as Faysal Mengen
- The International (2009) as Ahmet Sunay
- Innocent (2017) as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- Yan Yana (2025) as Refik
- W.E. (2011) as Al Fayed
- Maria (2024) as Aristotle Onassis
- Gülşen Abi (1994) as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- Sweet Life (2001) as İhsan Yıldırım
- El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena (2022) as Haluk
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) as Nazmi Kemal
- Şeref Bey (2021) as Şeref