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