Haluk Bilginer
Acting
- Born:
- 1954-06-05
- 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. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
Known For
Filmography
The Eighth Family
Yan Yana
Lovers & Liars
Maria
The Veil
A Long Cold Winter
The Turkish Detective
Hot Skull
Wild Abandon
Baba
Stuck Apart
Şeref Bey
Leyla Everlasting
Alex Rider
Noah Land
Halloween
Persona
Forget About Nick
Shelter
Cingöz Recai
Trendy
The Bank of Broken Hearts
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Black Letter
The Last Schnitzel
Innocent
Ben-Hur
Komedi Türkiye
A Long Cold Winter
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Rosewater
Winter Sleep
Kaçak
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Hayatımın Rolü
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
Acayip Hikayeler
Antonius and Cleopatra
W.E.
İstanbul'un Altınları
7
Çanakkale Çocukları
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Five Minarets in New York
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
The Watercolor-Suluboya
Ezel
Sıkı Dostlar
The International
A Son of the Sun
Cars of the Revolution
Nerede Kalmıştık
Sevgili Dünürüm
Police
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Killing the Shadows
Yine de Aşığım
Robbery Alla Turca
Yes, Minister
Disappeared