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
Top 40 Movies
Halloween
2018
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Ben-Hur
2016
Maria
2024
Disappeared
2004
The International
2009
Cingöz Recai
2017
Nihavend Mucize
1997
W.E.
2011
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Time of Death
1990
A Son of the Sun
2008
Winter Sleep
2014
Innocence
1997
Ishtar
1987
Half Moon Street
1986
Rosewater
2014
Amerikalı
1993
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
The 80th Step
1996
Five Minarets in New York
2010
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Stuck Apart
2021
Beans
2000
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
Killing the Shadows
2006
Where's Firuze?
2004
Shelter
2017
Last Harem
1999
Noah Land
2019
Cars of the Revolution
2008
Forget About Nick
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
Trendy
2017
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
Leyla Everlasting
2020
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Elephants and Grass
2000