Person
Haluk Bilginer
Acting · Born 1954-06-05 · İzmir, Turkey
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
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
Spooks
Emre Celenk
Bergerac
Ahmed
The Bill
1984
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
Lovers & Liars
Kadir
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
The Eighth Family
2025
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Filmography
- 2025The Eighth Family
- 2025Yan YanaRefik
- 2025Lovers & LiarsKadir
- 2024MariaAristotle Onassis
- 2024The VeilMr. Demir
- 2023The Turkish DetectiveÇetin İkmen
- 2022El-Gomgoma El-SakhenaHaluk
- 2022Wild AbandonBerhudar
- 2022BabaEmin Saruhanlı
- 2021Stuck ApartErbil
- 2021Şeref BeyŞeref
- 2020Leyla EverlastingAdem
- 2020Alex RiderDr. Greif
- 2019Noah LandIbrahim
- 2018HalloweenDr. Sartain
- 2018PersonaAgâh Beyoğlu
- 2017Forget About NickNick
- 2017ShelterAhmet
- 2017Cingöz RecaiBaşkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- 2017TrendyHasan
- 2017The Bank of Broken HeartsYusuf Yağmur
- 2017The Ottoman LieutenantKhalil Bey
- 2017Black LetterOğuz Karahan
- 2017The Last SchnitzelThe President
- 2017InnocentCevdet Bayrakçı
- 2016Ben-HurSimonides
- 2015Komedi Türkiye
- 2014A Long Cold Winter
- 2014Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük SuyuEvliya Çelebi (voice)
- 2014RosewaterBaba Akbar
- 2014Winter SleepAydın
- 2013KaçakFaysal Mengen
- 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistNazmi Kemal
- 2012Hayatımın RolüMüşfik/Yaşar
- 2012Acayip HikayelerSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- 2012Antonius and CleopatraAntonius
- 2011W.E.Al Fayed
- 2011İstanbul'un AltınlarıReşat Altın
- 20117
- 2011Çanakkale ÇocuklarıKasim
- 2010Cuma'ya KalsaCuma
- 2010Five Minarets in New YorkHacı
- 20097 Husbands for HurmuzCebrail
- 2009The Watercolor-Suluboya
- 2009EzelKenan Birkan
- 2009Sıkı DostlarHikmet
- 2009The InternationalAhmet Sunay
- 2008A Son of the SunAlper Canan
- 2008Cars of the RevolutionNecip
- 2008Nerede KalmıştıkAteş
- 2007Sevgili DünürümAhmet
- 2007PoliceMusa Rami
- 200615 Minutes Over Low HeatMuhtar
- 2006Killing the ShadowsKaragöz
- 2005Yine de AşığımAli
- 2005Robbery Alla TurcaSeçkin Doruk
- 2004Yes, MinisterSamim Bayraktar
- 2004DisappearedInspector Yilmaz
- 2004Where's Firuze?Hayri Kalıpçı
- 2003The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the WorldKing Hattuþili III
- 2002Buffalo SoldiersThe Turk
- 2002SpooksEmre Celenk
- 2001Sweet Lifeİhsan Yıldırım
- 2001Cesur KuşkuCesur
- 2001Running in the DarkAli
- 2000Elephants and GrassSabit Üzücü
- 2000BeansBilge Dede
- 2000Eyvah Kızım BüyüdüSedat Çolak
- 2000YANLIŞ İÇERİK
- 2000Güle GüleZinnur
- 1999Last HaremAbdülhamit II
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertCol. Ismet Bay
- 1998Eyvah BabamSedat Çolak
- 1997InnocenceBekir
- 1997Sawdust TalesAaron
- 1997Nihavend MucizeErol
- 1996Istanbul Beneath My WingsEvliya Çelebi
- 1996The 80th StepSavcı
- 1994Gülşen AbiAbidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- 1993Amerikalı
- 1993Sıcağı SıcağınaSunucu
- 1993Son Söz Sevginin
- 1993BorsaReha Çalık
- 1992Two Women
- 1991Laf Lafı Açıyor
- 1991Cloud in LoveAtila
- 1990Time of DeathÖmer
- 1987Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
- 1987IshtarGuerrilla leader
- 1987Ateşten GünlerAhmet Rıfkı
- 1986Half Moon StreetFirst Arab
- 1985Murder of a Moderate Man
- 1985EastEndersMehmet Osman
- 1984The Bill
- 1981BergeracAhmed
- —Beneath the Hagia SophiaNarrator
- —The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
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