Haluk Bilginer
Known for Acting · 97 credits
- Born
- 1954-06-05 (age 71)
- Place of birth
- İzmir, Turkey
- Also known as
- Nihat Haluk Bilginer · هالوک بیلگینر
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
TV Shows (43)
EastEnders
1985
as Mehmet Osman
Spooks
2002
as Emre Celenk
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
1981
as Ahmed
Alex Rider
2020
as Dr. Greif
Ezel
2009
as Kenan Birkan
The Eighth Family
2025
Lovers & Liars
2025
as Kadir
The Veil
2024
as Mr. Demir
Baba
2022
as Emin Saruhanlı
Gülşen Abi
1994
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Persona
2018
as Agâh Beyoğlu
Innocent
2017
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
Kaçak
2013
as Faysal Mengen
Sweet Life
2001
as İhsan Yıldırım
The Turkish Detective
2023
as Çetin İkmen
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022
as Haluk
Wild Abandon
2022
as Berhudar
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
Şeref Bey
2021
as Şeref
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993
as Sunucu
Running in the Dark
2001
as Ali
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
as Sedat Çolak
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
as Hikmet
Black Letter
2017
as Oğuz Karahan
Yes, Minister
2004
as Samim Bayraktar
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
as Müşfik/Yaşar
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
as Ahmet
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
as Reşat Altın
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
as Cuma
Cesur Kuşku
2001
as Cesur
Ateşten Günler
1987
as Ahmet Rıfkı
Yine de Aşığım
2005
as Ali
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
Komedi Türkiye
2015
Eyvah Babam
1998
as Sedat Çolak
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
as Ateş
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
Borsa
1993
as Reha Çalık
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
Movies (54)
Halloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur
2016
as Simonides
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
as Refik
The International
2009
as Ahmet Sunay
Maria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis
W.E.
2011
as Al Fayed
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as The Turk
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Khalil Bey
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Nazmi Kemal
Ishtar
1987
as Guerrilla leader
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
as Col. Ismet Bay
Winter Sleep
2014
as Aydın
Last Harem
1999
as Abdülhamit II
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Hacı
Rosewater
2014
as Baba Akbar
Half Moon Street
1986
as First Arab
Shelter
2017
as Ahmet
Stuck Apart
2021
as Erbil
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
as Cebrail
The Last Schnitzel
2017
as The President
Leyla Everlasting
2020
as Adem
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
as Evliya Çelebi
Trendy
2017
as Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
as Yusuf Yağmur
Disappeared
2004
as Inspector Yilmaz
Police
2007
as Musa Rami
Innocence
1997
as Bekir
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as King Hattuþili III
Where's Firuze?
2004
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Cingöz Recai
2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Elephants and Grass
2000
as Sabit Üzücü
Forget About Nick
2017
as Nick
Killing the Shadows
2006
as Karagöz
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
as Seçkin Doruk
Cars of the Revolution
2008
as Necip
The 80th Step
1996
as Savcı
A Son of the Sun
2008
as Alper Canan
Two Women
1992
Beans
2000
as Bilge Dede
Noah Land
2019
as Ibrahim
Güle Güle
2000
as Zinnur
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
as Kasim
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
as Muhtar
Amerikalı
1993
Sawdust Tales
1997
as Aaron
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Nihavend Mucize
1997
as Erol
Cloud in Love
1991
as Atila
7
2011
Time of Death
1990
as Ömer
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
as Antonius
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
About Haluk Bilginer
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 seri… With 97 credits spanning from 1981 to 2025, Haluk Bilginer has appeared in 54 films and 43 TV shows.
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Most Popular Haluk Bilginer Movies
- Halloween (2018) — as Dr. Sartain
- Ben-Hur (2016) — as Simonides
- Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana (2025) — as Refik
- The International (2009) — as Ahmet Sunay
- Maria (2024) — as Aristotle Onassis
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