Haluk Bilginer

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.

Known for

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Yan Yana

2025 ⭐ 6.8

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Maria

2024 ⭐ 6.5

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Stuck Apart

2021 ⭐ 6.0

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Noah Land

2019 ⭐ 6.9

Career timeline

2025

Yan Yana

Refik · 2025

⭐ 6.8

2024

Maria

Aristotle Onassis · 2024

⭐ 6.5

2021

Stuck Apart

Erbil · 2021

⭐ 6.0

2020

Leyla Everlasting

Adem · 2020

⭐ 3.8

2019

Noah Land

Ibrahim · 2019

⭐ 6.9

2018

Halloween Notable

Dr. Sartain · 2018

⭐ 6.6

2017

Forget About Nick

Nick · 2017

⭐ 5.5

Shelter

Ahmet · 2017

⭐ 5.3

Cingöz Recai

Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza · 2017

⭐ 4.2

2016

Ben-Hur Notable

Simonides · 2016

⭐ 5.8

2014

A Long Cold Winter Notable

2014

⭐ 8.0

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

Evliya Çelebi (voice) · 2014

⭐ 5.7

Rosewater

Baba Akbar · 2014

⭐ 6.4

2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Nazmi Kemal · 2013

⭐ 6.6

2012

Antonius and Cleopatra Notable

Antonius · 2012

⭐ 8.0

2011

W.E.

Al Fayed · 2011

⭐ 6.3

7

2011

⭐ 5.6

Çanakkale Çocukları

Kasim · 2011

⭐ 2.8

2010

Five Minarets in New York

Hacı · 2010

⭐ 5.5

2009

7 Husbands for Hurmuz

Cebrail · 2009

⭐ 6.0

The Watercolor-Suluboya

2009

The International Notable

Ahmet Sunay · 2009

⭐ 6.3

2008

A Son of the Sun

Alper Canan · 2008

⭐ 6.5

Cars of the Revolution Notable

Necip · 2008

⭐ 7.8

2007

Police

Musa Rami · 2007

⭐ 6.7

2006

15 Minutes Over Low Heat

Muhtar · 2006

⭐ 5.9

Killing the Shadows Notable

Karagöz · 2006

⭐ 7.1

2005

Robbery Alla Turca

Seçkin Doruk · 2005

⭐ 4.8

2004

Disappeared

Inspector Yilmaz · 2004

⭐ 4.5

Where's Firuze? Notable

Hayri Kalıpçı · 2004

⭐ 7.2

2003

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

King Hattuþili III · 2003

⭐ 6.2

Frequently appears with

Feyyaz Yiğit

Ferruh

Hatice Aslan

Lale

Bige Önal

Figen

Şevval Sam

Şeyda

Angelina Jolie

Maria Callas

Pierfrancesco Favino

Ferruccio

Alba Rohrwacher

Bruna

Kodi Smit-McPhee

Mandrax

Full filmography

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Yan Yana

2025 ⭐ 6.8

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Maria

2024 ⭐ 6.5

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Stuck Apart

2021 ⭐ 6.0

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Leyla Everlasting

2020 ⭐ 3.8

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Noah Land

2019 ⭐ 6.9

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Halloween

2018 ⭐ 6.6

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Forget About Nick

2017 ⭐ 5.5

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Shelter

2017 ⭐ 5.3

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Cingöz Recai

2017 ⭐ 4.2

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Trendy

2017 ⭐ 7.0

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The Bank of Broken Hearts

2017 ⭐ 6.5

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The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017 ⭐ 6.0

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The Last Schnitzel

2017 ⭐ 6.9

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Ben-Hur

2016 ⭐ 5.8

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A Long Cold Winter

2014 ⭐ 8.0

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Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

2014 ⭐ 5.7

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Rosewater

2014 ⭐ 6.4

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Winter Sleep

2014 ⭐ 7.5

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013 ⭐ 6.6

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Antonius and Cleopatra

2012 ⭐ 8.0