Actor
Haluk Bilginer
Born 1954 · 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.
Acting
Halloween
Dr. Sartain · 2018
Winter Sleep
Aydın · 2014
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif · 2020
The International
Ahmet Sunay · 2009
Ben-Hur
Simonides · 2016
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu · 2018
Maria
Aristotle Onassis · 2024
Ezel
Kenan Birkan · 2009
Spooks
Emre Celenk · 2002
Innocence
Bekir · 1997
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk · 2002
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal · 2013
W.E.
Al Fayed · 2011
Cars of the Revolution
Necip · 2008
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı · 2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey · 2017
Rosewater
Baba Akbar · 2014
Where's Firuze?
Hayri Kalıpçı · 2004
Killing the Shadows
Karagöz · 2006
The Veil
Mr. Demir · 2024
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım · 2001
Five Minarets in New York
Hacı · 2010
Noah Land
Ibrahim · 2019
Police
Musa Rami · 2007