HALUK BILGINER
Haluk Bilginer
Gender: Male
Known for: Acting
Birthday: June 5, 1954
Place of Birth: İzmir, Turkey
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.
Filmography
Starring
2025·
Lovers & Liars2024·
The VeilMr. Demir
2024·
MariaAristotle Onassis
Çetin İkmen
2022·
Hot SkullHaluk
2022·
Wild AbandonBerhudar
2022·
BabaEmin Saruhanlı
2021·
Şeref BeyŞeref
2021·
Stuck ApartErbil
2020·
Alex RiderDr. Greif
2020·
Leyla EverlastingAdem
2019·
Noah LandIbrahim
2018·
PersonaAgâh Beyoğlu
2018·
HalloweenDr. Sartain
2017·
Black LetterOğuz Karahan
2017·
InnocentCevdet Bayrakçı
2017·
TrendyHasan
2017·
The Last SchnitzelThe President
2017·
ShelterAhmet
2017·
Forget About NickNick
2017·
Cingöz RecaiBaşkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Yusuf Yağmur
Khalil Bey
2016·
Ben-HurSimonides
2014·
A Long Cold WinterEvliya Çelebi (voice)
2014·
Winter SleepAydın
2014·
RosewaterBaba Akbar
2013·
KaçakFaysal Mengen
Nazmi Kemal
2012·
Hayatımın RolüMüşfik/Yaşar
2012·
Acayip HikayelerSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
Antonius
Reşat Altın
2010·
Cuma'ya KalsaCuma
2009·
Sıkı DostlarHikmet
2009·
EzelKenan Birkan
2009·
The InternationalAhmet Sunay
2008·
Nerede KalmıştıkAteş
2007·
Sevgili DünürümAhmet
2005·
Yine de AşığımAli
2004·
Yes, MinisterSamim Bayraktar
2004·
DisappearedInspector Yilmaz
2002·
SpooksEmre Celenk
2001·
Cesur KuşkuCesur
2001·
Running in the DarkAli
2001·
Sweet Lifeİhsan Yıldırım
2000·
Eyvah Kızım BüyüdüSedat Çolak
1999·
Last HaremAbdülhamit II
1998·
Eyvah BabamSedat Çolak
1994·
Gülşen AbiAbidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1993·
Sıcağı SıcağınaSunucu
1993·
Son Söz Sevginin1993·
Amerikalı1987·
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü1987·
Ateşten GünlerAhmet Rıfkı
1985·
EastEndersMehmet Osman
1984·
The Bill1981·
BergeracAhmed
Narrator
2011·
Çanakkale ÇocuklarıKasim
2011·
72011·
W.E.Al Fayed
Hacı
Cebrail
Necip
2008·
A Son of the SunAlper Canan
2007·
PoliceMusa Rami
Muhtar
2006·
Killing the ShadowsKaragöz
2005·
Robbery Alla TurcaSeçkin Doruk
2004·
Where's Firuze?Hayri Kalıpçı
King Hattuþili III
2002·
Buffalo SoldiersThe Turk
2000·
Güle GüleZinnur
2000·
BeansBilge Dede
2000·
Elephants and GrassSabit Üzücü
Col. Ismet Bay
1997·
Nihavend MucizeErol
1997·
Sawdust TalesAaron
1997·
InnocenceBekir
Evliya Çelebi
1996·
The 80th StepSavcı
1992·
Two Women1991·
Cloud in LoveAtila
1990·
Time of DeathÖmer
1987·
IshtarGuerrilla leader
1986·
Half Moon StreetFirst Arab
Production
2011·
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