Haluk Bilginer
Born: 1954-06-05 in İzmir, Turkey
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2023
- The Turkish Detective as Çetin İkmen
2022
- Baba as Emin Saruhanlı
- Hot Skull as Haluk
- Wild Abandon as Berhudar
2021
- Stuck Apart as Erbil
- Şeref Bey as Şeref
2020
- Alex Rider as Dr. Greif
- Leyla Everlasting as Adem
2019
- Noah Land as Ibrahim
2017
- Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- Shelter as Ahmet
- The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur
- The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey
- Trendy as Hasan
- Forget About Nick as Nick
- Innocent as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- The Last Schnitzel as The President
- Black Letter as Oğuz Karahan
2016
- Ben-Hur as Simonides
2014
- Rosewater as Baba Akbar
- Winter Sleep as Aydın
- Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- A Long Cold Winter
2013
- Kaçak as Faysal Mengen
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Nazmi Kemal
2012
- Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- Hayatımın Rolü as Müşfik/Yaşar
- Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius
2011
- W.E. as Al Fayed
- İstanbul'un Altınları as Reşat Altın
- Çanakkale Çocukları as Kasim
- 7
2010
- Five Minarets in New York as Hacı
- Cuma'ya Kalsa as Cuma
2009
- Ezel as Kenan Birkan
- The International as Ahmet Sunay
- Sıkı Dostlar as Hikmet
- 7 Husbands for Hurmuz as Cebrail
2008
- Cars of the Revolution as Necip
- A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan
- Nerede Kalmıştık as Ateş
2007
- Police as Musa Rami
- Sevgili Dünürüm as Ahmet
2006
- Killing the Shadows as Karagöz
- 15 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar
2005
- Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk
- Yine de Aşığım as Ali
2004
- Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı
- Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz
- Yes, Minister as Samim Bayraktar
2003
- The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World as King Hattuþili III
2002
- Spooks as Emre Celenk
- Buffalo Soldiers as The Turk
2001
- Sweet Life as İhsan Yıldırım
- Running in the Dark as Ali
- Cesur Kuşku as Cesur
2000
- Güle Güle as Zinnur
- Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü
- Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü as Sedat Çolak
- Beans as Bilge Dede
1999
- Last Harem as Abdülhamit II
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay
1998
- Eyvah Babam as Sedat Çolak
1997
- Nihavend Mucize as Erol
- Sawdust Tales as Aaron
- Innocence as Bekir
1996
- Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi
- The 80th Step as Savcı
1994
- Gülşen Abi as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1993
- Amerikalı
- Sıcağı Sıcağına as Sunucu
- Borsa as Reha Çalık
- Son Söz Sevginin
1992
1991
- Cloud in Love as Atila
1990
- Time of Death as Ömer
1987
- Ishtar as Guerrilla leader
- Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
- Ateşten Günler as Ahmet Rıfkı
1986
- Half Moon Street as First Arab
1985
- EastEnders as Mehmet Osman
- Murder of a Moderate Man
1984
1981
- Bergerac as Ahmed