Haluk Bilginer
Acting
1954-06-05 · İzmir, Turkey
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(97)
tvThe Eighth Family
as · 2025 · 8.3
movieYan Yana
as Refik · 2025 · 6.8
tvLovers & Liars
as Kadir · 2025 · 6.8
movieMaria
as Aristotle Onassis · 2024 · 6.5
tvThe Veil
as Mr. Demir · 2024 · 6.5
tvThe Turkish Detective
as Çetin İkmen · 2023 · 5.1
tvEl-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
as Haluk · 2022 · 5.9
tvWild Abandon
as Berhudar · 2022 · 6.5
tvBaba
as Emin Saruhanlı · 2022 · 4.3
movieStuck Apart
as Erbil · 2021 · 6.0
tvŞeref Bey
as Şeref · 2021 · 5.6
movieLeyla Everlasting
as Adem · 2020 · 3.8
tvAlex Rider
as Dr. Greif · 2020 · 7.8
movieNoah Land
as Ibrahim · 2019 · 6.9
movieHalloween
as Dr. Sartain · 2018 · 6.6
tvPersona
as Agâh Beyoğlu · 2018 · 8.1
movieForget About Nick
as Nick · 2017 · 5.5
movieShelter
as Ahmet · 2017 · 5.3
movieCingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza · 2017 · 4.2
movieTrendy
as Hasan · 2017 · 7.0
movieThe Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur · 2017 · 6.5
movieThe Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey · 2017 · 6.0
tvBlack Letter
as Oğuz Karahan · 2017 · 9.7
movieThe Last Schnitzel
as The President · 2017 · 6.9