Acting
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.
Filmography
Yan Yana
Film · 2025
Lovers & Liars
Series · 2025
The Eighth Family
Series · 2025
Maria
Film · 2024
A Long Cold Winter
Film · 2024
The Veil
Series · 2024
The Turkish Detective
Series · 2023
Baba
Series · 2022
Wild Abandon
Series · 2022
Hot Skull
Series · 2022
Stuck Apart
Film · 2021
Şeref Bey
Series · 2021
Leyla Everlasting
Film · 2020
Alex Rider
Series · 2020
Noah Land
Film · 2019
Halloween
Film · 2018
Persona
Series · 2018
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Film · 2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Film · 2017
Cingöz Recai
Film · 2017
Forget About Nick
Film · 2017
Shelter
Film · 2017
The Last Schnitzel
Film · 2017
Trendy
Film · 2017
Innocent
Series · 2017
Black Letter
Series · 2017
Ben-Hur
Film · 2016
Komedi Türkiye
Series · 2015
Rosewater
Film · 2014
Winter Sleep
Film · 2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Film · 2014
A Long Cold Winter
Film · 2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Film · 2013
Kaçak
Series · 2013
Antonius and Cleopatra
Film · 2012
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
Film · 2012
Acayip Hikayeler
Series · 2012
Hayatımın Rolü
Series · 2012
W.E.
Film · 2011
7
Film · 2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
Film · 2011
İstanbul'un Altınları
Series · 2011
Five Minarets in New York
Film · 2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Series · 2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Film · 2009
The International
Film · 2009
The Watercolor-Suluboya
Film · 2009
Ezel
Series · 2009
Sıkı Dostlar
Series · 2009
A Son of the Sun
Film · 2008
Cars of the Revolution
Film · 2008
Nerede Kalmıştık
Series · 2008
Police
Film · 2007
Sevgili Dünürüm
Series · 2007
Killing the Shadows
Film · 2006
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Film · 2006
Robbery Alla Turca
Film · 2005
Yine de Aşığım
Series · 2005
Where's Firuze?
Film · 2004
Disappeared
Film · 2004
Yes, Minister
Series · 2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
Film · 2003
Buffalo Soldiers
Film · 2002
Spooks
Series · 2002
Sweet Life
Series · 2001
Running in the Dark
Series · 2001
Cesur Kuşku
Series · 2001
Sweet Life
Series · 2001
Elephants and Grass
Film · 2000
Beans
Film · 2000
Güle Güle
Film · 2000
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
Series · 2000
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
Series · 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Film · 1999
Last Harem
Film · 1999
Eyvah Babam
Series · 1998
Innocence
Film · 1997
Sawdust Tales
Film · 1997
Nihavend Mucize
Film · 1997
The 80th Step
Film · 1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Film · 1996
Gülşen Abi
Series · 1994
Amerikalı
Film · 1993
Son Söz Sevginin
Series · 1993
Sıcağı Sıcağına
Series · 1993
Borsa
Series · 1993
Two Women
Film · 1992
Cloud in Love
Film · 1991
Laf Lafı Açıyor
Series · 1991
Time of Death
Film · 1990
Ishtar
Film · 1987
Ateşten Günler
Series · 1987
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
Series · 1987
Half Moon Street
Film · 1986
EastEnders
Series · 1985
Murder of a Moderate Man
Series · 1985
The Bill
Series · 1984
Bergerac
Series · 1981
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
Film
Güneye Giderken
Film
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
Series