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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Innocence
as Bekir
1997
A Son of the Sun
as Alper Canan
2008
Sawdust Tales
as Aaron
1997
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
as Cebrail
2009
Police
as Musa Rami
2007
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
2005
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
2006
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı
2010
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
2008
W.E.
as Al Fayed
2011
7
2011
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Muhtar
2006
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
2004
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
2011
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator
TBA
The 80th Step
as Savcı
1996
Elephants and Grass
as Sabit Üzücü
2000
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
2014
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
2012
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
2024
