Haluk Bilginer
Jun 06, 1954 (70 years old) 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.
For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
Known For
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Bergerac
Ahmed
Spooks
Emre Celenk
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım
Baba
Emin Saruhanlı
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
Credits
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Beneath the Hagia Sophia FutureNarrator★ NR -
Maria 2024Aristotle Onassis★ 6.5 -
The Veil 2024Mr. Demir★ 6.8 -
Çetin İkmen★ 5.6 -
Hot Skull 2022Haluk★ 6 -
Wild Abandon 2022Berhudar★ 6.8 -
Baba 2022Emin Saruhanlı★ 4.3 -
Stuck Apart 2021Erbil★ 6.1 -
Şeref Bey 2021Şeref★ 7.3 -
Leyla Everlasting 2020Adem★ 3.7 -
Alex Rider 2020Dr. Greif★ 7.8 -
Noah Land 2019Ibrahim★ 6.9 -
Halloween 2018Dr. Sartain★ 6.6 -
Persona 2018Agâh Beyoğlu★ 8.1 -
Forget About Nick 2017Nick★ 5.6 -
Shelter 2017Ahmet★ 5.5 -
Cingöz Recai 2017Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza★ 4.2 -
Trendy 2017Hasan★ 7 -
Yusuf Yağmur★ 6.6 -
Khalil Bey★ 6.1 -
Black Letter 2017Oğuz Karahan★ 9.7 -
The Last Schnitzel 2017The President★ 6.9 -
Innocent 2017Cevdet Bayrakçı★ 7.7 -
Ben-Hur 2016Simonides★ 5.8 -
A Long Cold Winter 2014★ 8 -
Evliya Çelebi (voice)★ 5.7 -
Rosewater 2014Baba Akbar★ 6.5 -
Winter Sleep 2014Aydın★ 7.5 -
Kaçak 2013Faysal Mengen★ 7.6 -
Nazmi Kemal★ 6.6 -
Hayatımın Rolü 2012Müşfik/Yaşar★ 6.5 -
Acayip Hikayeler 2012Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)★ 7.2 -
Antonius★ 8 -
W.E. 2011Al Fayed★ 6.4 -
Reşat Altın★ 6.5 -
7 2011★ 5.6 -
Çanakkale Çocukları 2011Kasim★ 2.8 -
Cuma'ya Kalsa 2010Cuma★ 4 -
Hacı★ 5.5 -
Cebrail★ 5.9 -
Ezel 2009Kenan Birkan★ 8.4 -
Sıkı Dostlar 2009Hikmet★ 6 -
The International 2009Ahmet Sunay★ 6.2 -
A Son of the Sun 2008Alper Canan★ 6.5 -
Necip★ 7.8 -
Nerede Kalmıştık 2008Ateş★ NR
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Sevgili Dünürüm 2007Ahmet★ 5.5 -
Police 2007Musa Rami★ 6.7 -
Muhtar★ 5.9 -
Killing the Shadows 2006Karagöz★ 7 -
Yine de Aşığım 2005Ali★ NR -
Robbery Alla Turca 2005Seçkin Doruk★ 4.6 -
Yes, Minister 2004Samim Bayraktar★ NR -
Disappeared 2004Inspector Yilmaz★ 3.5 -
Where's Firuze? 2004Hayri Kalıpçı★ 7.1 -
King Hattuþili III★ 6.3 -
Buffalo Soldiers 2002The Turk★ 6.3 -
Spooks 2002Emre Celenk★ 7.6 -
Sweet Life 2001İhsan Yıldırım★ 7.7 -
Cesur Kuşku 2001Cesur★ 8.5 -
Running in the Dark 2001Ali★ 6.8 -
Elephants and Grass 2000Sabit Üzücü★ 6.4 -
Beans 2000Bilge Dede★ 7.3 -
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü 2000Sedat Çolak★ 4.5 -
Güle Güle 2000Zinnur★ 6.9 -
Last Harem 1999Abdülhamit II★ 5.6 -
Col. Ismet Bay★ 5.2 -
Eyvah Babam 1998Sedat Çolak★ NR -
Innocence 1997Bekir★ 7.7 -
Sawdust Tales 1997Aaron★ 5.4 -
Nihavend Mucize 1997Erol★ 4.3 -
Evliya Çelebi★ 6.6 -
The 80th Step 1996Savcı★ NR -
Gülşen Abi 1994Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla★ 7.3 -
Amerikalı 1993★ 4.7 -
Sıcağı Sıcağına 1993Sunucu★ 6 -
Son Söz Sevginin 1993★ NR
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Two Women 1992★ 3.5 -
Cloud in Love 1991Atila★ 8 -
Ölürayak 1990Ömer★ NR -
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü 1987★ NR -
Ishtar 1987Guerrilla leader★ 4.5 -
Ateşten Günler 1987Ahmet Rıfkı★ 8 -
Half Moon Street 1986First Arab★ 5.1 -
★ NR
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EastEnders 1985Mehmet Osman★ 4.1 -
The Bill 1984★ 6.7 -
Bergerac 1981Ahmed★ 6.6
