Haluk Bilginer
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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
Credits
Halloween (2018)
as Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur (2016)
as Simonides
Cingöz Recai (2017)
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
The International (2009)
as Ahmet Sunay
Yan Yana (2025)
as Refik
W.E. (2011)
as Al Fayed
Maria (2024)
as Aristotle Onassis
A Son of the Sun (2008)
as Alper Canan
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
as Nazmi Kemal
The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)
as Khalil Bey
Çanakkale Çocukları (2011)
as Kasim
Buffalo Soldiers (2002)
as The Turk
The 80th Step (1996)
as Savcı
Half Moon Street (1986)
as First Arab
Two Women (1992)
Actor
Nihavend Mucize (1997)
as Erol
Amerikalı (1993)
Actor
Time of Death (1990)
as Ömer
Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)
as Evliya Çelebi
Ishtar (1987)
as Guerrilla leader
Five Minarets in New York (2010)
as Hacı
15 Minutes Over Low Heat (2006)
as Muhtar
7 Husbands for Hurmuz (2009)
as Cebrail
The Bank of Broken Hearts (2017)
as Yusuf Yağmur
Killing the Shadows (2006)
as Karagöz
Last Harem (1999)
as Abdülhamit II
Winter Sleep (2014)
as Aydın
A Long Cold Winter (2014)
Actor
Innocence (1997)
as Bekir
Rosewater (2014)
as Baba Akbar
Antonius and Cleopatra (2012)
as Antonius
7 (2011)
Actor
Beans (2000)
as Bilge Dede
Cars of the Revolution (2008)
as Necip
Cloud in Love (1991)
as Atila
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)
as Col. Ismet Bay
Where's Firuze? (2004)
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Stuck Apart (2021)
as Erbil
Forget About Nick (2017)
as Nick
Police (2007)
as Musa Rami
The Watercolor-Suluboya (2009)
Actor
Shelter (2017)
as Ahmet
Disappeared (2004)
as Inspector Yilmaz
Leyla Everlasting (2020)
as Adem
Robbery Alla Turca (2005)
as Seçkin Doruk
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World (2003)
as King Hattuþili III
Sawdust Tales (1997)
as Aaron
Trendy (2017)
as Hasan
Noah Land (2019)
as Ibrahim
The Last Schnitzel (2017)
as The President
Elephants and Grass (2000)
as Sabit Üzücü
Güle Güle (2000)
as Zinnur
Beneath the Hagia Sophia (—)
as Narrator
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu (2014)
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)