Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

🎂 5th June 1954 (71 yrs) 📍 İzmir, Turkey

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.

Haluk Bilginer

🎬 Movies Featuring Haluk Bilginer

Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana

Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana (2025)

as Refik
Maria

Maria (2024)

as Aristotle Onassis
Stuck Apart

Stuck Apart (2021)

as Erbil
Leyla Everlasting

Leyla Everlasting (2020)

as Adem
Noah Land

Noah Land (2019)

as Ibrahim
Halloween

Halloween (2018)

as Dr. Sartain
Forget About Nick

Forget About Nick (2017)

as Nick
Shelter

Shelter (2017)

as Ahmet
Cingöz Recai

Cingöz Recai (2017)

as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Trendy

Trendy (2017)

as Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts

The Bank of Broken Hearts (2017)

as Yusuf Yağmur
The Ottoman Lieutenant

The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)

as Khalil Bey
The Last Schnitzel

The Last Schnitzel (2017)

as The President
Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur (2016)

as Simonides
A Long Cold Winter

A Long Cold Winter (2014)

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu (2014)

as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
Rosewater

Rosewater (2014)

as Baba Akbar
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep (2014)

as Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)

as Nazmi Kemal
Antonius and Cleopatra

Antonius and Cleopatra (2012)

as Antonius
W.E.

W.E. (2011)

as Al Fayed
7

7 (2011)

Çanakkale Çocukları

Çanakkale Çocukları (2011)

as Kasim
Five Minarets in New York

Five Minarets in New York (2010)

as Hacı
7 Husbands for Hurmuz

7 Husbands for Hurmuz (2009)

as Cebrail
The Watercolor-Suluboya

The Watercolor-Suluboya (2009)

The International

The International (2009)

as Ahmet Sunay
A Son of the Sun

A Son of the Sun (2008)

as Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution

Cars of the Revolution (2008)

as Necip
Police

Police (2007)

as Musa Rami
15 Minutes Over Low Heat

15 Minutes Over Low Heat (2006)

as Muhtar
Killing the Shadows

Killing the Shadows (2006)

as Karagöz
Robbery Alla Turca

Robbery Alla Turca (2005)

as Seçkin Doruk
Disappeared

Disappeared (2004)

as Inspector Yilmaz
Where's Firuze?

Where's Firuze? (2004)

as Hayri Kalıpçı
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World (2003)

as King Hattuþili III
Buffalo Soldiers

Buffalo Soldiers (2002)

as The Turk
Elephants and Grass

Elephants and Grass (2000)

as Sabit Üzücü
Beans

Beans (2000)

as Bilge Dede
Güle Güle

Güle Güle (2000)

as Zinnur
Last Harem

Last Harem (1999)

as Abdülhamit II
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)

as Col. Ismet Bay
Innocence

Innocence (1997)

as Bekir
Sawdust Tales

Sawdust Tales (1997)

as Aaron
Nihavend Mucize

Nihavend Mucize (1997)

as Erol
Istanbul Beneath My Wings

Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)

as Evliya Çelebi
The 80th Step

The 80th Step (1996)

as Savcı
Amerikalı

Amerikalı (1993)

Two Women

Two Women (1992)

Cloud in Love

Cloud in Love (1991)

as Atila
Time of Death

Time of Death (1990)

as Ömer
Ishtar

Ishtar (1987)

as Guerrilla leader
Half Moon Street

Half Moon Street (1986)

as First Arab
No Image

Beneath the Hagia Sophia (N/A)

as Narrator