Haluk Bilginer
Known for: Acting
Born: June 5, 1954
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
56 movies · 43 TV shows, newest first
7.8
The Eighth Family
2025
6.8
Yan Yana
2025
7.4
Lovers & Liars
2025
6.5
Maria
2024
6.5
The Veil
2024
5.1
The Turkish Detective
2023
5.9
Hot Skull
2022
6.6
Wild Abandon
2022
4.7
Baba
2022
6.0
Stuck Apart
2021
5.6
Şeref Bey
2021
3.8
Leyla Everlasting
2020
7.8
Alex Rider
2020
7.0
Noah Land
2019
6.6
Halloween
2018
8.1
Persona
2018
5.4
Forget About Nick
2017
5.3
Shelter
2017
4.3
Cingöz Recai
2017
7.0
Trendy
2017
6.2
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
6.1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
9.7
Black Letter
2017
6.9
The Last Schnitzel
2017
7.5
Innocent
2017
5.8
Ben-Hur
2016NR
Komedi Türkiye
2015
7.8
A Long Cold Winter
2014
5.7
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
6.4
Rosewater
2014
7.5
Winter Sleep
2014
7.6
Kaçak
2013
6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
6.5
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
NR
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
2012
7.2
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
8.0
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
6.3
W.E.
2011
7.0
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
5.6
7
2011
2.6
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
4.0
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
5.5
Five Minarets in New York
2010
6.0
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
NR
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
8.4
Ezel
2009
6.0
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
6.3
The International
2009
6.6
A Son of the Sun
2008
7.8
Cars of the Revolution
2008
NR
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
5.5
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
6.7
Police
2007
6.0
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
7.1
Killing the Shadows
2006
9.0
Yine de Aşığım
2005
4.8
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
8.0
Yes, Minister
2004
4.5
Disappeared
2004
7.2
Where's Firuze?
2004
6.2
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
7.7
Spooks
2002
8.0
Sweet Life
2001
8.0
Cesur Kuşku
2001
7.4
Running in the Dark
2001
6.6
Elephants and Grass
2000
7.1
Beans
2000
5.0
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
6.3
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
7.1
Güle Güle
2000
5.5
Last Harem
1999
5.6
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
NR
Eyvah Babam
1998
7.6
Innocence
1997
5.6
Sawdust Tales
1997
4.9
Nihavend Mucize
1997
6.7
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
9.0
The 80th Step
1996
7.2
Gülşen Abi
1994
5.2
Amerikalı
1993
6.0
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993NR
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
NR
Borsa
1993
5.7
Two Women
1992
NR
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
7.5
Cloud in Love
1991
8.0
Time of Death
1990
NR
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
4.6
Ishtar
1987
7.7
Ateşten Günler
1987
5.0
Half Moon Street
19867.0
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
4.2
EastEnders
1985
6.8
The Bill
1984
7.0
Bergerac
1981NR
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
—NR
Güneye Giderken
—NR
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
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