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