Haluk Bilginer
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…
Filmography
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The Eighth Family
2025
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
Lovers & Liars
2025
Maria
2024
The Veil
2024
The Turkish Detective
2023
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022
Wild Abandon
2022
Baba
2022
Stuck Apart
2021
Şeref Bey
2021
Leyla Everlasting
2020
Alex Rider
2020
Noah Land
2019
Halloween
2018
Persona
2018
Forget About Nick
2017
Shelter
2017
Cingöz Recai
2017
Trendy
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
Black Letter
2017
The Last Schnitzel
2017
Innocent
2017
Ben-Hur
2016
A Long Cold Winter
2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
Rosewater
2014
Winter Sleep
2014
Kaçak
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Hayatımın Rolü
2012
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
W.E.
2011
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011
7
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
Five Minarets in New York
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
Ezel
2009
Sıkı Dostlar
2009
The International
2009
A Son of the Sun
2008
Cars of the Revolution
2008
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007
Police
2007
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
Killing the Shadows
2006
Yine de Aşığım
2005
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Yes, Minister
2004
Disappeared
2004
Where's Firuze?
2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Spooks
2002
Sweet Life
2001
Cesur Kuşku
2001
Running in the Dark
2001
Elephants and Grass
2000
Beans
2000
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
Güle Güle
2000
Last Harem
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Eyvah Babam
1998
Innocence
1997
Sawdust Tales
1997
Nihavend Mucize
1997
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
The 80th Step
1996
Gülşen Abi
1994
Amerikalı
1993
Son Söz Sevginin
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
Borsa
1993