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Haluk Bilginer

5th June 1954 İzmir, Turkey Acting

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.

54 Movies 43 TV Shows 97 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Maria poster
Maria 27th November 2024 as Aristotle Onassis
Trendy poster
Trendy 25th September 2017 as Hasan
W.E. poster
W.E. 1st September 2011 as Al Fayed
7 poster
7 7th June 2011
Police poster
Police 16th February 2007 as Musa Rami
Beans poster
Beans 5th May 2000 as Bilge Dede
Ishtar poster
Ishtar 15th May 1987 as Guerrilla leader
Baba poster
Baba 15th February 2022 as Emin Saruhanlı
Persona poster
Persona 17th March 2018 as Agâh Beyoğlu
Innocent poster
Innocent 27th January 2017 as Cevdet Bayrakçı
Kaçak poster
Kaçak 24th September 2013 as Faysal Mengen
Ezel poster
Ezel 28th September 2009 as Kenan Birkan
Spooks poster
Spooks 13th May 2002 as Emre Celenk
Gülşen Abi poster
Gülşen Abi 1st January 1994 as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
Borsa poster
Borsa 1st January 1993 as Reha Çalık