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
Acting

1997
asBekir

2008
asAlper Canan

1997
asAaron

2009
asCebrail

2007
asMusa Rami

2005
asSeçkin Doruk

2006
asKaragöz

2010
asHacı

2008
asNecip

2011
asAl Fayed

2011
as
2006
asMuhtar

2004
asHayri Kalıpçı

2011
asKasim
asNarrator

1996
asSavcı

2000
asSabit Üzücü

2014
asBaba Akbar

2012
asAntonius

2024
asAristotle Onassis

2014
asAydın

1990
asÖmer

2000
asBilge Dede

1986
asFirst Arab

1987
asGuerrilla leader

2000
asZinnur

1992
as
1997
asErol

2016
asSimonides

2017
asKhalil Bey

2003
asKing Hattuþili III

2017
asYusuf Yağmur

1996
asEvliya Çelebi

2009
asAhmet Sunay

2017
asBaşkomiser Mehmet Rıza

2014
asEvliya Çelebi (voice)

2017
asNick

2017
asAhmet

1991
asAtila

2018
asDr. Sartain

2017
asThe President

1999
asCol. Ismet Bay

2002
asThe Turk

2019
asIbrahim

2017
asHasan

2013
asNazmi Kemal

2014
as
2021
asErbil

1999
asAbdülhamit II

2020
asAdem

2004
asInspector Yilmaz

1993
as
asAhmed
asMehmet Osman
as
asEmre Celenk
asSamim Bayraktar
as
asAhmet
asKenan Birkan
asAli
asDr. Greif
asFaysal Mengen
asHikmet
asSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
asEmin Saruhanlı
asCevdet Bayrakçı
asBerhudar
asSedat Çolak
asSedat Çolak
asİhsan Yıldırım
asÇetin İkmen
asAgâh Beyoğlu
asAteş
asReşat Altın
asAli
asMüşfik/Yaşar
asAhmet Rıfkı
asCesur
asCuma
asOğuz Karahan
as
asHaluk
asAbidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
as
asMr. Demir
asŞeref
asSunucu
Production
Crew

2011
asDirecting