Haluk Bilginer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-06-06 (70 years old)
Place of Birth
İzmir, Turkey
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.
Acting
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator
(2024)
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
(2021)
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
(2020)
Leyla Everlasting
as Adem
(2019)
Noah Land
as Ibrahim
(2018)
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
(2017)
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
(2017)
Shelter
as Ahmet
(2017)
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
(2017)
Forget About Nick
as Nick
(2017)
Trendy
as Hasan
(2017)
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
(2017)
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
(2016)
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
(2014)
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
(2014)
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
(2014)
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
(2014)
(2013)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
(2012)
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
(2011)
W.E.
as Al Fayed
(2011)
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
(2011)
(2010)
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı
(2009)
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
(2009)
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
as Cebrail
(2008)
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
(2008)
A Son of the Sun
as Alper Canan
(2007)
Police
as Musa Rami
(2006)
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
(2006)
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Muhtar
(2005)
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
(2004)
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
(2004)
Disappeared
as Inspector Yilmaz
(2003)
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
as King Hattuþili III
(2002)
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
(2000)
Güle Güle
as Zinnur
(2000)
Beans
as Bilge Dede
(2000)
Elephants and Grass
as Sabit Üzücü
(1999)
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
(1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Col. Ismet Bay
(1997)
Innocence
as Bekir
(1997)
Nihavend Mucize
as Erol
(1997)
Sawdust Tales
as Aaron
(1996)
The 80th Step
as Savcı
(1996)
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
(1993)
(1992)
(1991)
Cloud in Love
as Atila
(1990)
Ölürayak
as Ömer
(1987)
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
(1986)
Half Moon Street
as First Arab
Crew
(2011)
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