Haluk Bilginer
Filmography

Haluk Bilginer

ActorBorn Jun 5, 1954İzmir, Turkey94 titles

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.

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Halloween
Halloween
2018 · 6.6
Dr. Sartain
The International
The International
2009 · 6.3
Ahmet Sunay
Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur
2016 · 5.8
Simonides
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003 · 6.2
King Hattuþili III
Maria
Maria
2024 · 6.5
Aristotle Onassis
The Ottoman Lieutenant
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · 6.0
Khalil Bey
Buffalo Soldiers
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · 6.3
The Turk
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · 6.6
Nazmi Kemal
W.E.
W.E.
2011 · 6.3
Al Fayed
Winter Sleep
Winter Sleep
2014 · 7.5
Aydın