Haluk Bilginer
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1954-06-05 (71 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
(2025)
(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)
Forget About Nick
as Nick
(2017)
Shelter
as Ahmet
(2017)
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
(2017)
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
(2017)
Trendy
as Hasan
(2017)
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
(2016)
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
(2014)
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
(2014)
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
(2014)
(2014)
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
(2013)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
(2012)
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
(2011)
W.E.
as Al Fayed
(2011)
(2011)
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
(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)
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Muhtar
(2006)
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
(2005)
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
(2004)
Disappeared
as Inspector Yilmaz
(2004)
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
(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)
Elephants and Grass
as Sabit Üzücü
(2000)
Beans
as Bilge Dede
(1999)
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
(1999)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Col. Ismet Bay
(1997)
Sawdust Tales
as Aaron
(1997)
Innocence
as Bekir
(1997)
Nihavend Mucize
as Erol
(1996)
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
(1996)
The 80th Step
as Savcı
(1993)
(1992)
(1991)
Cloud in Love
as Atila
(1990)
Time of Death
as Ömer
(1987)
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
(1986)
Half Moon Street
as First Arab
Crew
(2011)
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