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
- The Eighth Family
- Lovers & Liars as Kadir
- Yan Yana as Refik
2023
- The Turkish Detective as Çetin İkmen
2022
- El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena as Haluk
- Baba as Emin Saruhanlı
- Wild Abandon as Berhudar
2021
- Şeref Bey as Şeref
- Stuck Apart as Erbil
2020
- Alex Rider as Dr. Greif
- Leyla Everlasting as Adem
2019
- Noah Land as Ibrahim
2017
- Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- Innocent as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey
- Black Letter as Oğuz Karahan
- The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur
- Shelter as Ahmet
- Forget About Nick as Nick
- The Last Schnitzel as The President
- Trendy as Hasan
2016
- Ben-Hur as Simonides
2015
2014
- Winter Sleep as Aydın
- Rosewater as Baba Akbar
- A Long Cold Winter
- Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
2013
- Kaçak as Faysal Mengen
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Nazmi Kemal
2012
- Hayatımın Rolü as Müşfik/Yaşar
- Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius
- Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan
2011
- İstanbul'un Altınları as Reşat Altın
- W.E. as Al Fayed
- 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
- The Watercolor-Suluboya
2008
- Nerede Kalmıştık as Ateş
- A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan
- Cars of the Revolution as Necip
2007
- Sevgili Dünürüm as Ahmet
- Police as Musa Rami
2006
- Killing the Shadows as Karagöz
- 15 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar
2005
- Yine de Aşığım as Ali
- Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk
2004
- Yes, Minister as Samim Bayraktar
- Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı
- Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz
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
- YANLIŞ İÇERİK
- Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü as Sedat Çolak
- Beans as Bilge Dede
- Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü
- Güle Güle as Zinnur
1999
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay
- Last Harem as Abdülhamit II
1998
- Eyvah Babam as Sedat Çolak
1997
- Innocence as Bekir
- Nihavend Mucize as Erol
- Sawdust Tales as Aaron
1996
- The 80th Step as Savcı
- Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi
1994
- Gülşen Abi as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1993
- Sıcağı Sıcağına as Sunucu
- Son Söz Sevginin
- Borsa as Reha Çalık
- Amerikalı
1992
1991
- Laf Lafı Açıyor
- Cloud in Love as Atila
1990
- Time of Death as Ömer
1987
- Ateşten Günler as Ahmet Rıfkı
- Ishtar as Guerrilla leader
- Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1986
- Half Moon Street as First Arab
1985
- EastEnders as Mehmet Osman
- Murder of a Moderate Man
1984
1981
- Bergerac as Ahmed