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
2024
Noah Land
Ibrahim
2019
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
2018
Forget About Nick
Nick
2017
Shelter
Ahmet
2017
Cingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Yusuf Yağmur
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey
2017
The Last Schnitzel
The President
2017
Ben-Hur
Simonides
2016
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
2014
Rosewater
Baba Akbar
2014
Winter Sleep
Aydın
2014
Antonius and Cleopatra
Antonius
2012
W.E.
Al Fayed
2011
7
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
Kasim
2011
Five Minarets in New York
Hacı
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Cebrail
2009
The International
Ahmet Sunay
2009
A Son of the Sun
Alper Canan
2008
Cars of the Revolution
Necip
2008
Police
Musa Rami
2007
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Muhtar
2006
Killing the Shadows
Karagöz
2006
Robbery Alla Turca
Seçkin Doruk
2005
Where's Firuze?
Hayri Kalıpçı
2004
Elephants and Grass
Sabit Üzücü
2000
Beans
Bilge Dede
2000
Güle Güle
Zinnur
2000
Innocence
Bekir
1997
Sawdust Tales
Aaron
1997
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Narrator
The Veil
Mr. Demir · (1 episode)
2024
The Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen · (8 episodes)
2023
Hot Skull
Haluk · (4 episodes)
2022
Wild Abandon
Berhudar · (8 episodes)
2022
Baba
Emin Saruhanlı · (30 episodes)
2022
Stuck Apart
Erbil
2021
Şeref Bey
Şeref · (10 episodes)
2021
Leyla Everlasting
Adem
2020
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif · (7 episodes)
2020
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu · (22 episodes)
2018
Trendy
Hasan
2017
Black Letter
Oğuz Karahan · (6 episodes)
2017
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı · (8 episodes)
2017
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Kaçak
Faysal Mengen · (18 episodes)
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal
2013
Hayatımın Rolü
Müşfik/Yaşar · (19 episodes)
2012
Acayip Hikayeler
Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) · (1 episode)
2012
İstanbul'un Altınları
Reşat Altın · (16 episodes)
2011
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Cuma · (12 episodes)
2010
Ezel
Kenan Birkan · (38 episodes)
2009
Sıkı Dostlar
Hikmet · (23 episodes)
2009
Nerede Kalmıştık
Ateş · (13 episodes)
2008
Sevgili Dünürüm
Ahmet · (21 episodes)
2007
Yine de Aşığım
Ali · (12 episodes)
2005
Yes, Minister
Samim Bayraktar · (14 episodes)
2004
Disappeared
Inspector Yilmaz
2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
King Hattuþili III
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk
2002
Spooks
Emre Celenk · (1 episode)
2002
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım · (106 episodes)
2001
Cesur Kuşku
Cesur · (6 episodes)
2001
Running in the Dark
Ali · (10 episodes)
2001
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
Sedat Çolak · (34 episodes)
2000
Last Harem
Abdülhamit II
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Col. Ismet Bay
1999
Eyvah Babam
Sedat Çolak · (39 episodes)
1998
Nihavend Mucize
Erol
1997
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Evliya Çelebi
1996
The 80th Step
Savcı
1996
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla · (115 episodes)
1994
Amerikalı
1993
Sıcağı Sıcağına
Sunucu · (32 episodes)
1993
Son Söz Sevginin
(1 episode)
1993
Two Women
1992
Cloud in Love
Atila
1991
Ölürayak
Ömer
1990
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
(3 episodes)
1987
Ishtar
Guerrilla leader
1987
Ateşten Günler
Ahmet Rıfkı · (4 episodes)
1987
Half Moon Street
First Arab
1986
Murder of a Moderate Man
(5 episodes)
1985
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman · (3855 episodes)
1985
The Bill
(1 episode)
1984
Bergerac
Ahmed · (1 episode)
1981