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Haluk Bilginer
Born · June 6, 1954 (70 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: İzmir, Turkey
Bio
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.
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
6.8
2024
Noah Land
Ibrahim
6.9
2019
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
6.6
2018
Forget About Nick
Nick
5.6
2017
Shelter
Ahmet
5.5
2017
Cingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
4.3
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Yusuf Yağmur
6.6
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey
6.1
2017
The Last Schnitzel
The President
6.8
2017
Ben-Hur
Simonides
5.7
2016
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
5.7
2014
Rosewater
Baba Akbar
6.5
2014
Winter Sleep
Aydın
7.6
2014
Antonius and Cleopatra
Antonius
8.0
2012
W.E.
Al Fayed
6.4
2011
7
5.6
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
Kasim
3.2
2011
Five Minarets in New York
Hacı
5.6
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Cebrail
6.0
2009
The International
Ahmet Sunay
6.3
2009
A Son of the Sun
Alper Canan
6.5
2008
Cars of the Revolution
Necip
7.7
2008
Police
Musa Rami
6.9
2007
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Muhtar
5.9
2006
Killing the Shadows
Karagöz
7.1
2006
Robbery Alla Turca
Seçkin Doruk
4.9
2005
Where's Firuze?
Hayri Kalıpçı
7.1
2004
Elephants and Grass
Sabit Üzücü
6.4
2000
Beans
Bilge Dede
7.2
2000
Güle Güle
Zinnur
6.9
2000
Innocence
Bekir
7.7
1997
Sawdust Tales
Aaron
5.4
1997
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Narrator
0.0
The Veil
Mr. Demir · (1 episode)
6.8
2024
The Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen · (8 episodes)
6.0
2023
Hot Skull
Haluk · (4 episodes)
6.0
2022
Wild Abandon
Berhudar · (8 episodes)
6.8
2022
Baba
Emin Saruhanlı · (30 episodes)
4.3
2022
Stuck Apart
Erbil
6.1
2021
Şeref Bey
Şeref · (10 episodes)
7.3
2021
Leyla Everlasting
Adem
3.8
2020
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif · (7 episodes)
7.8
2020
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu · (22 episodes)
8.2
2018
Trendy
Hasan
7.0
2017
Black Letter
Oğuz Karahan · (6 episodes)
9.7
2017
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı · (8 episodes)
7.7
2017
A Long Cold Winter
8.0
2014
Kaçak
Faysal Mengen · (18 episodes)
7.6
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal
6.6
2013
Hayatımın Rolü
Müşfik/Yaşar · (19 episodes)
6.5
2012
Acayip Hikayeler
Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) · (1 episode)
7.2
2012
İstanbul'un Altınları
Reşat Altın · (16 episodes)
6.5
2011
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Cuma · (12 episodes)
4.0
2010
Ezel
Kenan Birkan · (38 episodes)
8.3
2009
Sıkı Dostlar
Hikmet · (23 episodes)
6.0
2009
Nerede Kalmıştık
Ateş · (13 episodes)
0.0
2008
Sevgili Dünürüm
Ahmet · (21 episodes)
5.5
2007
Yine de Aşığım
Ali · (12 episodes)
0.0
2005
Yes, Minister
Samim Bayraktar · (14 episodes)
0.0
2004
Disappeared
Inspector Yilmaz
3.5
2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
King Hattuþili III
6.3
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk
6.2
2002
Spooks
Emre Celenk · (1 episode)
7.6
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Col. Ismet Bay
5.1
2002
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım · (106 episodes)
7.8
2001
Cesur Kuşku
Cesur · (6 episodes)
8.5
2001
Running in the Dark
Ali · (10 episodes)
7.3
2001
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
Sedat Çolak · (34 episodes)
4.5
2000
Last Harem
Abdülhamit II
5.6
1999
Eyvah Babam
Sedat Çolak · (39 episodes)
0.0
1998
Nihavend Mucize
Erol
4.3
1997
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Evliya Çelebi
6.6
1996
The 80th Step
Savcı
0.0
1996
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla · (115 episodes)
7.3
1994
Amerikalı
4.8
1993
Son Söz Sevginin
(1 episode)
0.0
1993
Two Women
3.5
1992
Cloud in Love
Atila
8.0
1991
Ölürayak
Ömer
0.0
1990
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
(3 episodes)
0.0
1987
Ishtar
Guerrilla leader
4.5
1987
Ateşten Günler
Ahmet Rıfkı · (4 episodes)
8.0
1987
Half Moon Street
First Arab
5.0
1986
Murder of a Moderate Man
(5 episodes)
0.0
1985
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman · (3855 episodes)
4.1
1985
The Bill
(1 episode)
6.6
1984
Bergerac
Ahmed · (1 episode)
6.4
1981