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Haluk Bilginer

Actor

Haluk Bilginer

Born June 5, 1954 in İzmir, Turkey53 films

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.

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For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Halloween poster6.6Halloween2018The International poster6.3The International2009Ben-Hur poster5.8Ben-Hur2016Maria poster6.5Maria2024Innocence poster7.6Innocence1997Buffalo Soldiers poster6.3Buffalo Soldiers2002The Reluctant Fundamentalist poster6.6The Reluctant Fundamentalist2013W.E. poster6.3W.E.2011

Filmography

53 films as actor
  1. TBAGüneye GiderkenTurgay
  2. 2025Yan YanaRefik
  3. 2024MariaAristotle Onassis
  4. 2021Stuck ApartErbil
  5. 2020Leyla EverlastingAdem
  6. 2019Noah LandIbrahim
  7. 2018HalloweenDr. Sartain
  8. 2017Forget About NickNick
  9. 2017ShelterAhmet
  10. 2017Cingöz RecaiBaşkomiser Mehmet Rıza
  11. 2017TrendyHasan
  12. 2017The Bank of Broken HeartsYusuf Yağmur
  13. 2017The Ottoman LieutenantKhalil Bey
  14. 2017The Last SchnitzelThe President
  15. 2016Ben-HurSimonides
  16. 2014Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük SuyuEvliya Çelebi (voice)
  17. 2014RosewaterBaba Akbar
  18. 2014Winter SleepAydın
  19. 2013The Reluctant FundamentalistNazmi Kemal
  20. 2012Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip HikayelerSinan
  21. 2012Antonius and CleopatraAntonius
  22. 2011W.E.Al Fayed
  23. 20117
  24. 2011Çanakkale ÇocuklarıKasim
  25. 2010Five Minarets in New YorkHacı
  26. 20097 Husbands for HurmuzCebrail
  27. 2009The Watercolor-Suluboya
  28. 2009The InternationalAhmet Sunay
  29. 2008A Son of the SunAlper Canan
  30. 2008Cars of the RevolutionNecip
  31. 2007PoliceMusa Rami
  32. 200615 Minutes Over Low HeatMuhtar
  33. 2006Killing the ShadowsKaragöz
  34. 2005Robbery Alla TurcaSeçkin Doruk
  35. 2004DisappearedInspector Yilmaz
  36. 2004Where's Firuze?Hayri Kalıpçı
  37. 2002Buffalo SoldiersThe Turk
  38. 2000Elephants and GrassSabit Üzücü
  39. 2000BeansBilge Dede
  40. 2000Güle GüleZinnur
  41. 1999Last HaremAbdülhamit II
  42. 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the DesertCol. Ismet Bay
  43. 1997InnocenceBekir
  44. 1997Sawdust TalesAaron
  45. 1997Nihavend MucizeErol
  46. 1996Istanbul Beneath My WingsEvliya Çelebi
  47. 1996The 80th StepSavcı
  48. 1993Amerikalı
  49. 1992Two Women
  50. 1991Cloud in LoveAtila
  51. 1990Time of DeathÖmer
  52. 1987IshtarGuerrilla leader
  53. 1986Half Moon StreetFirst Arab