Haluk Bilginer
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.
Filmography (95 titles)
7.9ShowThe Eighth Family
2025
6.8MovieYan Yana
Refik · 2025
6.8ShowLovers & Liars
Kadir · 2025
6.5MovieMaria
Aristotle Onassis · 2024
6.5ShowThe Veil
Mr. Demir · 2024
5.1ShowThe Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen · 2023
6.0ShowEl-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
Haluk · 2022
6.5ShowWild Abandon
Berhudar · 2022
4.7ShowBaba
Emin Saruhanlı · 2022
6.0MovieStuck Apart
Erbil · 2021
5.6ShowŞeref Bey
Şeref · 2021
3.8MovieLeyla Everlasting
Adem · 2020
7.8ShowAlex Rider
Dr. Greif · 2020
6.9MovieNoah Land
Ibrahim · 2019
6.6MovieHalloween
Dr. Sartain · 2018
8.1ShowPersona
Agâh Beyoğlu · 2018
5.5MovieForget About Nick
Nick · 2017
5.3MovieShelter
Ahmet · 2017
4.2MovieCingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza · 2017
7.0MovieTrendy
Hasan · 2017
6.5MovieThe Bank of Broken Hearts
Yusuf Yağmur · 2017
6.0MovieThe Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey · 2017
9.7ShowBlack Letter
Oğuz Karahan · 2017
6.9MovieThe Last Schnitzel
The President · 2017
7.5ShowInnocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı · 2017
5.8MovieBen-Hur
Simonides · 2016
Komedi Türkiye
2015
8.0MovieA Long Cold Winter
2014
5.7MovieEvliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Evliya Çelebi (voice) · 2014
6.4MovieRosewater
Baba Akbar · 2014