Haluk Bilginer
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.
Acting
Movie
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
2018
Movie
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
2016
Movie
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
2009
Movie
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
2014
Movie
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
2024
TV
Alex Rider
as Dr. Greif
2020
Movie
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
2002
Movie
W.E.
as Al Fayed
2011
Movie
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
2017
Movie
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
2013
TV
EastEnders
as Mehmet Osman
1985
Movie
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
2014
TV
Persona
as Agâh Beyoğlu
2018
Movie
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
1987
Movie
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı
2010
TV
Spooks
as Emre Celenk
2002
Movie
Innocence
as Bekir
1997
TV
The Veil
as Mr. Demir
2024
TV
Ezel
as Kenan Birkan
2009
TV
Innocent
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
2017
Movie
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
2006
Movie
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
2004
Movie
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
2008
TV
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
as Haluk
2022
