6.6
Movie
Acting
Haluk Bilginer
- Born
- (age 72)
- Birthplace
- İzmir, Turkey
- Credits
- 100 titles
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.
Signature work
Known For
6.6
Movie
5.8
Movie
Ben-Hur
6.3
Movie
The International
7.5
Movie
Winter Sleep
6.5
Movie
Maria
7.8
TV
Alex Rider
6.3
Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
6.3
Movie
W.E.
6.0
Movie
The Ottoman Lieutenant
6.6
Movie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
4.3
TV
EastEnders
8.1
TV
Persona
6.4
Movie
Rosewater
4.6
Movie
Ishtar
7.7
TV
Spooks
5.5
Movie
Five Minarets in New York
7.6
Movie
Innocence
6.5
TV
The Veil
Acting credits 100
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | Beneath the Hagia Sophia Film | Narrator |
| TBA | Güneye Giderken Film | Turgay |
| TBA | The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier TV | (1 ep) |
| 2025 | The Eighth Family TV | (8 ep) |
| 2025 | Yan Yana Film | Refik |
| 2025 | Lovers & Liars TV | Kadir (22 ep) |
| 2024 | Maria Film | Aristotle Onassis |
| 2024 | The Veil TV | Mr. Demir (1 ep) |
| 2024 | A Long Cold Winter Film | |
| 2023 | The Turkish Detective TV | Çetin İkmen (8 ep) |
| 2022 | Hot Skull TV | Haluk (4 ep) |
| 2022 | Wild Abandon TV | Berhudar (8 ep) |
| 2022 | Baba TV | Emin Saruhanlı (30 ep) |
| 2021 | Stuck Apart Film | Erbil |
| 2021 | Şeref Bey TV | Şeref (10 ep) |
| 2020 | Leyla Everlasting Film | Adem |
| 2020 | Alex Rider TV | Dr. Greif (7 ep) |
| 2019 | Noah Land Film | Ibrahim |
| 2018 | Halloween Film | Dr. Sartain |
| 2018 | Persona TV | Agâh Beyoğlu (22 ep) |
| 2017 | Forget About Nick Film | Nick |
| 2017 | Shelter Film | Ahmet |
| 2017 | Cingöz Recai Film | Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza |
| 2017 | Trendy Film | Hasan |
| 2017 | The Bank of Broken Hearts Film | Yusuf Yağmur |
| 2017 | The Ottoman Lieutenant Film | Khalil Bey |
| 2017 | Black Letter TV | Oğuz Karahan (6 ep) |
| 2017 | The Last Schnitzel Film | The President |
| 2017 | Innocent TV | Cevdet Bayrakçı (8 ep) |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur Film | Simonides |
| 2015 | Komedi Türkiye TV | (13 ep) |
| 2014 | A Long Cold Winter Film | |
| 2014 | Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu Film | Evliya Çelebi (voice) |
| 2014 | Rosewater Film | Baba Akbar |
| 2014 | Winter Sleep Film | Aydın |
| 2013 | Kaçak TV | Faysal Mengen (18 ep) |
| 2013 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist Film | Nazmi Kemal |
| 2012 | Hayatımın Rolü TV | Müşfik/Yaşar (19 ep) |
| 2012 | Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler Film | Sinan |
| 2012 | Acayip Hikayeler TV | Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) (1 ep) |
| 2012 | Antonius and Cleopatra Film | Antonius |
| 2011 | W.E. Film | Al Fayed |
| 2011 | İstanbul'un Altınları TV | Reşat Altın (16 ep) |
| 2011 | 7 Film | |
| 2011 | Çanakkale Çocukları Film | Kasim |
| 2010 | Cuma'ya Kalsa TV | Cuma (12 ep) |
| 2010 | Five Minarets in New York Film | Hacı |
| 2009 | 7 Husbands for Hurmuz Film | Cebrail |
| 2009 | The Watercolor-Suluboya Film | |
| 2009 | Ezel TV | Kenan Birkan (38 ep) |
| 2009 | Sıkı Dostlar TV | Hikmet (23 ep) |
| 2009 | The International Film | Ahmet Sunay |
| 2008 | A Son of the Sun Film | Alper Canan |
| 2008 | Cars of the Revolution Film | Necip |
| 2008 | Nerede Kalmıştık TV | Ateş (13 ep) |
| 2007 | Sevgili Dünürüm TV | Ahmet (21 ep) |
| 2007 | Police Film | Musa Rami |
| 2006 | 15 Minutes Over Low Heat Film | Muhtar |
| 2006 | Killing the Shadows Film | Karagöz |
| 2005 | Yine de Aşığım TV | Ali (12 ep) |
Crew credits 1
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 Film | Translator |