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Haluk Bilginer

ActorBorn June 6, 1954 (70 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Act of Vengeance
  • Rosewater

Known For

  • Winter Sleep
  • Persona
  • Halloween
  • Innocence
  • Innocent
  • Act of Vengeance
  • Killing the Shadows
  • Where's Firuze?
  • Sweet Life
  • Noah Land
  • A Son of the Sun
  • Police
  • Stuck Apart
  • The Ottoman Lieutenant
  • Maria
  • Cars of the Revolution
  • Leyla Everlasting
  • Robbery Alla Turca
  • The International
  • Rosewater
  • Cingöz Recai
  • Wild Abandon
  • 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

Filmography

2024
Maria · as Aristotle Onassis
2024
The Veil (2024) (TV Series) · as Mr. Demir
2023
The Turkish Detective (TV Series) · as Çetin İkmen
2022
Hot Skull (TV Series) · as Haluk
2022
Wild Abandon (TV Series) · as Berhudar
2022
Our Father (TV Series) · as Emin Saruhanlı
2021
Halloween Kills · as Dr. Ranbir Sartain
2021
Stuck Apart · as Erbil
2021
Mr. Seref (TV Series) · as Şeref
2020
2020
Alex Rider (TV Series) · as Dr. Greif
2019
Noah Land · as Ibrahim
2018
Halloween · as Dr. Sartain
2018
Persona (TV Series) · as Agâh Beyoğlu
2017
2017
Shelter · as Ahmet
2017
Cingöz Recai · as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017
Trendy · as Hasan
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts · as Yusuf Yağmur
2017
Black Letter (TV Series) · as Oğuz Karahan
2017
The Last Schnitzel · as The President
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant · as Khalil Bey
2017
Innocent (TV Series) · as Cevdet Bayrakçı
2016
Ben-Hur · as Simonides
2016
New Blood (TV Series) · as John Malik
2014
Rosewater · as Baba Akbar
2014
Evliya Çelebi: The Fountain of Youth · as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
2014
Winter Sleep · as Aydın
2013
Kaçak (TV Series) · as Faysal Mengen
2012
2012
2012
Hayatımın Rolü (TV Series) · as Müşfik/yaşar
2012
Acayip Hikayeler (TV Series) · as Sinan (gecenin Avcısı)
2011
W.E. · as Al Fayed
2011
İstanbul'un Altınları (TV Series) · as Reşat Altın
2010
2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa (TV Series) · as Cuma
2009
7 Husbands for Hurmuz · as Cebrail
2009
The Watercolor · as Cast
2009
Ezel (TV Series) · as Kenan Birkan
2009
Siki Dostlar (TV Series) · as Hikmet
2009
The International · as Ahmet Sunay
2008
A Son of the Sun · as Alper Canan
2008
2007
Sevgili Dünürüm (TV Series) · as Ahmet
2007
Police · as Musa Rami
2006
2006
Killing the Shadows · as Karagöz
2005
Yine de Aşığım (TV Series) · as Ali
2005
Robbery Alla Turca · as Seçkin Doruk
2004
Yes, Minister (TR) (TV Series) · as Samim Bayraktar
2004
Disappeared · as Inspector Yilmaz
2004
Where's Firuze? · as Hayri Kalıpçı
2003
Hittites · as King Hattuþili Iii
2002
Spooks (TV Series) · as Emre Celenk
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (TV Series) · as Colonel Ismet Bey
2001
Sweet Life (TV Series) · as İhsan Yıldırım
2001
Cesur Kusku (TV Series) · as Cesur
2001
Running in the Dark (TV Series) · as Ali
2001
Buffalo Soldiers · as The Turk
2000
Elephants and Grass · as Sabit Üzücü
2000
Beans · as Bilge Dede
2000
Eyvah Kizim Büyüdü (TV Series) · as Sedat Çolak
2000
Güle Güle · as Zinnur
1999
1999
Harem Suare · as Abdülhamit Ii
1998
Eyvah Babam (TV Series) · as Sedat Çolak
1997
Sawdust Tales · as Aaron
1997
Innocence · as Bekir
1997
Nihavend Mucize · as Erol
1996
80. Adim · as Savcı
1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings · as Evliya Çelebi
1994
Gülşen Abi (TV Series) · as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1993
1992
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Colonel Ismet Bey
1991
Memories of Midnight (TV Series) · as Dino Mattusi
1991
Cloud in Love · as Atila
1991
Ölürayak · as Ömer
1987
1987
Lionheart · as Merchant
1987
Ishtar · as Guerrilla Leader
1987
Ateşten Günler (TV Series) · as Ahmet Rıfkı
1986
Half Moon Street · as First Arab
1985
EastEnders (TV Series) · as Mehmet Osman
1984
The Bill (TV Series)
1984
The Glory Boys (TV Series) · as Taxi Driver
1981
Bergerac (TV Series) · as Ahmed
1965
Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller

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