Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 5, 1954
Place of Birth:
İzmir, Turkey
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Haluk Bilginer
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | The Veil | Mr. Demir |
| 2023 | The Turkish Detective | Çetin İkmen |
| 2022 | Baba | Emin Saruhanlı |
| 2022 | Wild Abandon | Berhudar |
| 2022 | Hot Skull | Haluk |
| 2021 | Şeref Bey | Şeref |
| 2020 | Alex Rider | Dr. Greif |
| 2018 | Persona | Agâh Beyoğlu |
| 2017 | Innocent | Cevdet Bayrakçı |
| 2017 | Black Letter | Oğuz Karahan |
| 2013 | Kaçak | Faysal Mengen |
| 2012 | Acayip Hikayeler | Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) |
| 2012 | Hayatımın Rolü | Müşfik/Yaşar |
| 2011 | İstanbul'un Altınları | Reşat Altın |
| 2010 | Cuma'ya Kalsa | Cuma |
| 2009 | Ezel | Kenan Birkan |
| 2009 | Sıkı Dostlar | Hikmet |
| 2008 | Nerede Kalmıştık | Ateş |
| 2007 | Sevgili Dünürüm | Ahmet |
| 2005 | Yine de Aşığım | Ali |
| 2004 | Yes, Minister | Samim Bayraktar |
| 2002 | Spooks | Emre Celenk |
| 2001 | Sweet Life | İhsan Yıldırım |
| 2001 | Running in the Dark | Ali |
| 2001 | Cesur Kuşku | Cesur |
| 2000 | Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü | Sedat Çolak |
| 1998 | Eyvah Babam | Sedat Çolak |
| 1994 | Gülşen Abi | Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla |
| 1993 | Son Söz Sevginin | |
| 1993 | Sıcağı Sıcağına | Sunucu |
| 1987 | Ateşten Günler | Ahmet Rıfkı |
| 1987 | Gecenin Öteki Yüzü | |
| 1985 | EastEnders | Mehmet Osman |
| 1985 | Murder of a Moderate Man | |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Ahmed |