Acting

Haluk Bilginer

1954-06-05 · İzmir, Turkey

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.

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

EastEnders

1985 · Mehmet Osman

Not in this catalog

Spooks

2002 · Emre Celenk

Not in this catalog

The Bill

1984

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Bergerac

1981 · Ahmed

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Sweet Life

2001 · İhsan Yıldırım

Not in this catalog

Ezel

2009 · Kenan Birkan

Not in this catalog

Alex Rider

2020 · Dr. Greif

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Halloween

2018 · Dr. Sartain

Gülşen Abi

1994 · Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla

Not in this catalog

The Veil

2024 · Mr. Demir

Not in this catalog

The Turkish Detective

2023 · Çetin İkmen

Not in this catalog

Lovers & Liars

2025 · Kadir

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Yes, Minister

2004 · Samim Bayraktar

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The Eighth Family

2025

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MOVIE

Ben-Hur

2016 · Simonides

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Laf Lafı Açıyor

1991

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MOVIE

The International

2009 · Ahmet Sunay

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Hayatımın Rolü

2012 · Müşfik/Yaşar

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Hot Skull

2022 · Haluk

Not in this catalog

Sıcağı Sıcağına

1993 · Sunucu

Not in this catalog

Persona

2018 · Agâh Beyoğlu

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Maria

2024 · Aristotle Onassis

Baba

2022 · Emin Saruhanlı

Not in this catalog

Sevgili Dünürüm

2007 · Ahmet

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Nerede Kalmıştık

2008 · Ateş

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Wild Abandon

2022 · Berhudar

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Kaçak

2013 · Faysal Mengen

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MOVIE

Two Women

1992

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MOVIE

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

2013 · Nazmi Kemal

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İstanbul'un Altınları

2011 · Reşat Altın

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Sıkı Dostlar

2009 · Hikmet

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Running in the Dark

2001 · Ali

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Yine de Aşığım

2005 · Ali

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MOVIE

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017 · Khalil Bey

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Innocent

2017 · Cevdet Bayrakçı

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YANLIŞ İÇERİK

2000

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MOVIE

Buffalo Soldiers

2002 · The Turk

Not in this catalog

Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

2000 · Sedat Çolak

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Cingöz Recai

2017 · Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

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Ateşten Günler

1987 · Ahmet Rıfkı

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MOVIE

The 80th Step

1996 · Savcı

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MOVIE

W.E.

2011 · Al Fayed

Not in this catalog

No poster

Son Söz Sevginin

1993

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Cesur Kuşku

2001 · Cesur

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Şeref Bey

2021 · Şeref

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MOVIE

A Long Cold Winter

2014

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Acayip Hikayeler

2012 · Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Winter Sleep

2014 · Aydın

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MOVIE

Ishtar

1987 · Guerrilla leader

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MOVIE

The Bank of Broken Hearts

2017 · Yusuf Yağmur

Not in this catalog

No poster

Komedi Türkiye

2015

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MOVIE

Five Minarets in New York

2010 · Hacı

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Yan Yana

2025 · Refik

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Last Harem

1999 · Abdülhamit II

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Half Moon Street

1986 · First Arab

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Borsa

1993 · Reha Çalık

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MOVIE

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

1999 · Col. Ismet Bay

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MOVIE

Innocence

1997 · Bekir

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Black Letter

2017 · Oğuz Karahan

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MOVIE

A Son of the Sun

2008 · Alper Canan

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MOVIE

Rosewater

2014 · Baba Akbar

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Eyvah Babam

1998 · Sedat Çolak

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Cuma'ya Kalsa

2010 · Cuma

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Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

1987

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MOVIE

Stuck Apart

2021 · Erbil

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MOVIE

Çanakkale Çocukları

2011 · Kasim

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MOVIE

Time of Death

1990 · Ömer

Not in this catalog

No poster

The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier

—

Not in this catalog

No poster

MOVIE

Güneye Giderken

— · Turgay

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MOVIE

Nihavend Mucize

1997 · Erol

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MOVIE

Beans

2000 · Bilge Dede

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MOVIE

Killing the Shadows

2006 · Karagöz

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler

2012 · Sinan

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Forget About Nick

2017 · Nick

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Leyla Everlasting

2020 · Adem

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Istanbul Beneath My Wings

1996 · Evliya Çelebi

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MOVIE

15 Minutes Over Low Heat

2006 · Muhtar

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Noah Land

2019 · Ibrahim

Not in this catalog

MOVIE

Amerikalı

1993

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MOVIE

Cloud in Love

1991 · Atila

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