Haluk Bilginer
Known for Acting
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
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
as Refik
Halloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain
Ben-Hur
2016
as Simonides
Maria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis
The International
2009
as Ahmet Sunay
Rosewater
2014
as Baba Akbar
W.E.
2011
as Al Fayed
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Nazmi Kemal
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Khalil Bey
Winter Sleep
2014
as Aydın
Ishtar
1987
as Guerrilla leader
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
as The Turk
The Last Schnitzel
2017
as The President
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
as Col. Ismet Bay
Last Harem
1999
as Abdülhamit II
Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Hacı
Shelter
2017
as Ahmet
Stuck Apart
2021
as Erbil
Where's Firuze?
2004
as Hayri Kalıpçı
Half Moon Street
1986
as First Arab