Haluk Bilginer
Actor
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
Ben-Hur
as Simonides 2016
The International
as Ahmet Sunay 2009
Winter Sleep
as Aydın 2014
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis 2024
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk 2002
W.E.
as Al Fayed 2011
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey 2017
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal 2013
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar 2014
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader 1987
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı 2010
Innocence
as Bekir 1997
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı 2004
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz 2006
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip 2008
Stuck Apart
as Erbil 2021