Haluk Bilginer
Known for ActingBorn 1954-06-05İzmir, 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.
Known for
Halloween
2018 · as Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur
2016 · as Simonides
The International
2009 · as Ahmet Sunay
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · as Nazmi Kemal
Maria
2024 · as Aristotle Onassis
W.E.
2011 · as Al Fayed
Yan Yana
2025 · as Refik
Cingöz Recai
2017 · as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · as The Turk
Half Moon Street
1986 · as First Arab
Winter Sleep
2014 · as Aydın
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · as Khalil Bey
A Son of the Sun
2008 · as Alper Canan
Ishtar
1987 · as Guerrilla leader
Time of Death
1990 · as Ömer
Rosewater
2014 · as Baba Akbar
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017 · as Yusuf Yağmur
A Long Cold Winter
2014