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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

89

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-06 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

İzmir, Turkey

Also Known As

Nihat Haluk Bilginer

هالوک بیلگینر

Haluk Bilginer

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

Innocence

Innocence

Killing the Shadows

Killing the Shadows

Cars of the Revolution

Cars of the Revolution

Where's Firuze?

Where's Firuze?

Antonius and Cleopatra

Antonius and Cleopatra

Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

Beans

Beans

Cloud in Love

Cloud in Love

A Long Cold Winter

A Long Cold Winter

Acting

Innocence

1997

Innocence

as

Bekir

A Son of the Sun

2008

A Son of the Sun

as

Alper Canan

Sawdust Tales

1997

Sawdust Tales

as

Aaron

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

2009

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

as

Cebrail

Police

2007

Police

as

Musa Rami

Robbery Alla Turca

2005

Robbery Alla Turca

as

Seçkin Doruk

Killing the Shadows

2006

Killing the Shadows

as

Karagöz

Five Minarets in New York

2010

Five Minarets in New York

as

Hacı

Cars of the Revolution

2008

Cars of the Revolution

as

Necip

W.E.

2011

W.E.

as

Al Fayed

7

2011

7

as

15 Minutes Over Low Heat

2006

15 Minutes Over Low Heat

as

Muhtar

Where's Firuze?

2004

Where's Firuze?

as

Hayri Kalıpçı

Çanakkale Çocukları

2011

Çanakkale Çocukları

as

Kasim

Beneath the Hagia Sophia

Beneath the Hagia Sophia

as

Narrator

The 80th Step

1996

The 80th Step

as

Savcı

Elephants and Grass

2000

Elephants and Grass

as

Sabit Üzücü

Rosewater

2014

Rosewater

as

Baba Akbar

Antonius and Cleopatra

2012

Antonius and Cleopatra

as

Antonius

Maria

2024

Maria

as

Aristotle Onassis

Winter Sleep

2014

Winter Sleep

as

Aydın

Ölürayak

1990

Ölürayak

as

Ömer

Beans

2000

Beans

as

Bilge Dede

Half Moon Street

1986

Half Moon Street

as

First Arab

Ishtar

1987

Ishtar

as

Guerrilla leader

Güle Güle

2000

Güle Güle

as

Zinnur

Two Women

1992

Two Women

as

Nihavend Mucize

1997

Nihavend Mucize

as

Erol

Ben-Hur

2016

Ben-Hur

as

Simonides

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017

The Ottoman Lieutenant

as

Khalil Bey

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

2003

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

as

King Hattuþili III

The Bank of Broken Hearts

2017

The Bank of Broken Hearts

as

Yusuf Yağmur

Istanbul Beneath My Wings

1996

Istanbul Beneath My Wings

as

Evliya Çelebi

The International

2009

The International

as

Ahmet Sunay

Cingöz Recai

2017

Cingöz Recai

as

Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

2014

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

as

Evliya Çelebi (voice)

Forget About Nick

2017

Forget About Nick

as

Nick

Shelter

2017

Shelter

as

Ahmet

Cloud in Love

1991

Cloud in Love

as

Atila

Halloween

2018

Halloween

as

Dr. Sartain

The Last Schnitzel

2017

The Last Schnitzel

as

The President

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

as

Col. Ismet Bay

Buffalo Soldiers

2002

Buffalo Soldiers

as

The Turk

Noah Land

2019

Noah Land

as

Ibrahim

Trendy

2017

Trendy

as

Hasan

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

as

Nazmi Kemal

A Long Cold Winter

2014

A Long Cold Winter

as

Stuck Apart

2021

Stuck Apart

as

Erbil

Last Harem

1999

Last Harem

as

Abdülhamit II

Leyla Everlasting

2020

Leyla Everlasting

as

Adem

Disappeared

2004

Disappeared

as

Inspector Yilmaz

Amerikalı

1993

Amerikalı

as

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Ahmed

EastEnders

EastEnders

as

Mehmet Osman

The Bill

The Bill

as

Spooks

Spooks

as

Emre Celenk

Yes, Minister

Yes, Minister

as

Samim Bayraktar

Murder of a Moderate Man

Murder of a Moderate Man

as

Sevgili Dünürüm

Sevgili Dünürüm

as

Ahmet

Ezel

Ezel

as

Kenan Birkan

Yine de Aşığım

Yine de Aşığım

as

Ali

Alex Rider

Alex Rider

as

Dr. Greif

Kaçak

Kaçak

as

Faysal Mengen

Sıkı Dostlar

Sıkı Dostlar

as

Hikmet

Acayip Hikayeler

Acayip Hikayeler

as

Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)

Baba

Baba

as

Emin Saruhanlı

Innocent

Innocent

as

Cevdet Bayrakçı

Wild Abandon

Wild Abandon

as

Berhudar

Eyvah Babam

Eyvah Babam

as

Sedat Çolak

Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

as

Sedat Çolak

Sweet Life

Sweet Life

as

İhsan Yıldırım

The Turkish Detective

The Turkish Detective

as

Çetin İkmen

Persona

Persona

as

Agâh Beyoğlu

Nerede Kalmıştık

Nerede Kalmıştık

as

Ateş

İstanbul'un Altınları

İstanbul'un Altınları

as

Reşat Altın

Running in the Dark

Running in the Dark

as

Ali

Hayatımın Rolü

Hayatımın Rolü

as

Müşfik/Yaşar

Ateşten Günler

Ateşten Günler

as

Ahmet Rıfkı

Cesur Kuşku

Cesur Kuşku

as

Cesur

Cuma'ya Kalsa

Cuma'ya Kalsa

as

Cuma

Black Letter

Black Letter

as

Oğuz Karahan

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

as

Hot Skull

Hot Skull

as

Haluk

Gülşen Abi

Gülşen Abi

as

Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla

Son Söz Sevginin

Son Söz Sevginin

as

The Veil

The Veil

as

Mr. Demir

Şeref Bey

Şeref Bey

as

Şeref

Sıcağı Sıcağına

Sıcağı Sıcağına

as

Sunucu

Production

Crew

7

2011

7

as

Directing