Haluk Bilginer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 5, 1954
- Birthplace
- İzmir, Turkey
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
- Güneye Giderken
Güneye Giderken TBA
as Turgay
- Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Beneath the Hagia Sophia TBA
as Narrator
Yan Yana 2025
as Refik
Maria 2024
as Aristotle Onassis
A Long Cold Winter 2024
Actor
Stuck Apart 2021
as Erbil
Leyla Everlasting 2020
as Adem
Noah Land 2019
as Ibrahim
Halloween 2018
as Dr. Sartain
Forget About Nick 2017
as Nick
Shelter 2017
as Ahmet
Cingöz Recai 2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy 2017
as Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts 2017
as Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant 2017
as Khalil Bey
The Last Schnitzel 2017
as The President
Ben-Hur 2016
as Simonides
A Long Cold Winter 2014
Actor
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu 2014
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater 2014
as Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep 2014
as Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2013
as Nazmi Kemal
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler 2012
as Sinan
Antonius and Cleopatra 2012
as Antonius
W.E. 2011
as Al Fayed
7 2011
Actor, Translator
Çanakkale Çocukları 2011
as Kasim
Five Minarets in New York 2010
as Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz 2009
as Cebrail
The Watercolor-Suluboya 2009
Actor
The International 2009
as Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun 2008
as Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution 2008
as Necip
Police 2007
as Musa Rami
15 Minutes Over Low Heat 2006
as Muhtar
Killing the Shadows 2006
as Karagöz
Robbery Alla Turca 2005
as Seçkin Doruk
Disappeared 2004
as Inspector Yilmaz
Where's Firuze? 2004
as Hayri Kalıpçı
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World 2003
as King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers 2002
as The Turk
Elephants and Grass 2000
as Sabit Üzücü
Beans 2000
as Bilge Dede
Güle Güle 2000
as Zinnur
Last Harem 1999
as Abdülhamit II
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert 1999
as Col. Ismet Bay
Innocence 1997
as Bekir
Nihavend Mucize 1997
as Erol
Sawdust Tales 1997
as Aaron
Istanbul Beneath My Wings 1996
as Evliya Çelebi
The 80th Step 1996
as Savcı
Amerikalı 1993
Actor
Two Women 1992
Actor
Cloud in Love 1991
as Atila
Time of Death 1990
as Ömer
Ishtar 1987
as Guerrilla leader
Half Moon Street 1986
as First Arab
Credits from TMDB.