Haluk Bilginer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 June 1954 · 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.
Known for
Acting 56
- 2026Güneye Giderken as Turgay
- 2026Beneath the Hagia Sophia as Narrator
- 2025Yan Yana as Refik
- 2024Maria as Aristotle Onassis
- 2021Stuck Apart as Erbil
- 2020Leyla Everlasting as Adem
- 2019Noah Land as Ibrahim
- 2018Halloween as Dr. Sartain
- 2017Forget About Nick as Nick
- 2017Shelter as Ahmet
- 2017Cingöz Recai as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- 2017Trendy as Hasan
- 2017The Bank of Broken Hearts as Yusuf Yağmur
- 2017The Ottoman Lieutenant as Khalil Bey
- 2017The Last Schnitzel as The President
- 2016Ben-Hur as Simonides
- 2014A Long Cold Winter
- 2014Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- 2014Rosewater as Baba Akbar
- 2014Winter Sleep as Aydın
- 2013The Reluctant Fundamentalist as Nazmi Kemal
- 2012Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler as Sinan
- 2012Antonius and Cleopatra as Antonius
- 2011W.E. as Al Fayed
- 20117
- 2011Çanakkale Çocukları as Kasim
- 2010Five Minarets in New York as Hacı
- 20097 Husbands for Hurmuz as Cebrail
- 2009The Watercolor-Suluboya
- 2009The International as Ahmet Sunay
- 2008A Son of the Sun as Alper Canan
- 2008Cars of the Revolution as Necip
- 2007Police as Musa Rami
- 200615 Minutes Over Low Heat as Muhtar
- 2006Killing the Shadows as Karagöz
- 2005Robbery Alla Turca as Seçkin Doruk
- 2004Disappeared as Inspector Yilmaz
- 2004Where's Firuze? as Hayri Kalıpçı
- 2003The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World as King Hattuþili III
- 2002Buffalo Soldiers as The Turk
- 2000Elephants and Grass as Sabit Üzücü
- 2000Beans as Bilge Dede
- 2000Güle Güle as Zinnur
- 1999Last Harem as Abdülhamit II
- 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert as Col. Ismet Bay
- 1997Innocence as Bekir
- 1997Sawdust Tales as Aaron
- 1997Nihavend Mucize as Erol
- 1996Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Evliya Çelebi
- 1996The 80th Step as Savcı
- 1993Amerikalı
- 1992Two Women
- 1991Cloud in Love as Atila
- 1990Time of Death as Ömer
- 1987Ishtar as Guerrilla leader
- 1986Half Moon Street as First Arab
crew 1
- 20117 · translator