Haluk Bilginer
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
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
Forget About Nick
as Nick
Forget About Nick
as Nick
Shelter
as Ahmet
Shelter
as Ahmet
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
7
7
The Watercolor-Suluboya
The Watercolor-Suluboya
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
Police
as Musa Rami
Police
as Musa Rami
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
as King Hattuþili III
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
as King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
Beans
as Bilge Dede
Beans
as Bilge Dede
Güle Güle
as Zinnur
Güle Güle
as Zinnur
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
Two Women
Two Women
Half Moon Street
as First Arab
Half Moon Street
as First Arab