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Haluk Bilginer

Haluk Bilginer

Birthday: 1954-06-05 | Place of Birth: 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2024
Maria

as    Aristotle Onassis

2023
The Turkish Detective

as    Çetin İkmen

2022
Wild Abandon

as    Berhudar

2022
Wild Abandon

as    Berhudar

2022
Baba

as    Emin Saruhanlı

2021
Stuck Apart

as    Erbil

2021
Şeref Bey

as    Şeref

2020
Leyla Everlasting

as    Adem

2019
Noah Land

as    Ibrahim

2018
Persona

as    Agâh Beyoğlu

2018
Shelter

as    Ahmet

2018
Halloween

as    Dr. Sartain

2017
Cingöz Recai

as    Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

2017
Innocent

as    Cevdet Bayrakçı

2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant

as    Khalil Bey

2017
Forget About Nick

as    Nick

2017
Black Letter

as    Oğuz Karahan

2017
The Last Schnitzel

as    The President

2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts

as    Yusuf Yağmur

2014
Winter Sleep

as    Aydın

2014
Rosewater

as    Baba Akbar

2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

as    Evliya Çelebi (voice)

2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist

as    Nazmi Kemal

2012
W.E.

as    Al Fayed

2011
Çanakkale Çocukları

as    Kasim

2010
Five Minarets in New York

as    Hacı