Haluk Bilginer

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-05 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

İzmir, Turkey

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

  • EastEnders

    EastEnders

  • Sekizinci Aile

    Sekizinci Aile

  • Spooks

    Spooks

  • Bergerac

    Bergerac

  • Ezel

    Ezel

  • The Bill

    The Bill

  • Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

  • Alex Rider

    Alex Rider

  • Halloween

    Halloween

  • Baba

    Baba

  • Cingöz Recai

    Cingöz Recai

  • Police

    Police

  • Five Minarets in New York

    Five Minarets in New York

  • Maria

    Maria

  • Stuck Apart

    Stuck Apart

  • Lovers & Liars

    Lovers & Liars

  • Persona

    Persona

  • Sweet Life

    Sweet Life

  • The Veil

    The Veil

  • Rosewater

    Rosewater

  • Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana

    Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana

  • Kaçak

    Kaçak

  • Shelter

    Shelter

  • Buffalo Soldiers

    Buffalo Soldiers

  • A Son of the Sun

    A Son of the Sun

  • W.E.

    W.E.

  • Cars of the Revolution

    Cars of the Revolution

  • Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

    Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

  • Winter Sleep

    Winter Sleep

  • The International

    The International

  • Gülşen Abi

    Gülşen Abi

  • Robbery Alla Turca

    Robbery Alla Turca

  • The Ottoman Lieutenant

    The Ottoman Lieutenant

  • Hot Skull

    Hot Skull

  • Innocent

    Innocent

  • Last Harem

    Last Harem

  • Güle Güle

    Güle Güle

  • Time of Death

    Time of Death

  • The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

    The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World

  • Trendy

    Trendy

  • The Bank of Broken Hearts

    The Bank of Broken Hearts

  • Amerikalı

    Amerikalı

  • The Turkish Detective

    The Turkish Detective

  • Şeref Bey

    Şeref Bey

  • Nihavend Mucize

    Nihavend Mucize

  • Forget About Nick

    Forget About Nick

  • Yine de Aşığım

    Yine de Aşığım

  • Where's Firuze?

    Where's Firuze?

  • Wild Abandon

    Wild Abandon

  • Half Moon Street

    Half Moon Street

  • The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

    The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert

  • The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  • Ishtar

    Ishtar

  • The Last Schnitzel

    The Last Schnitzel

  • Cuma'ya Kalsa

    Cuma'ya Kalsa

  • Acayip Hikayeler

    Acayip Hikayeler

  • Eyvah Babam

    Eyvah Babam

  • Sawdust Tales

    Sawdust Tales

  • Killing the Shadows

    Killing the Shadows

  • Sevgili Dünürüm

    Sevgili Dünürüm

  • Disappeared

    Disappeared

  • Elephants and Grass

    Elephants and Grass

  • Istanbul Beneath My Wings

    Istanbul Beneath My Wings

  • Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

    Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü

  • Ateşten Günler

    Ateşten Günler

  • Black Letter

    Black Letter

  • Running in the Dark

    Running in the Dark

  • Sıcağı Sıcağına

    Sıcağı Sıcağına

  • Nerede Kalmıştık

    Nerede Kalmıştık

  • Innocence

    Innocence

  • Sıkı Dostlar

    Sıkı Dostlar

  • Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

    Gecenin Öteki Yüzü

  • Yes, Minister

    Yes, Minister

  • 7

    7

  • Antonius and Cleopatra

    Antonius and Cleopatra

  • Leyla Everlasting

    Leyla Everlasting

  • Murder of a Moderate Man

    Murder of a Moderate Man

  • Cesur Kuşku

    Cesur Kuşku

  • 7 Husbands for Hurmuz

    7 Husbands for Hurmuz

  • İstanbul'un Altınları

    İstanbul'un Altınları

  • Çanakkale Çocukları

    Çanakkale Çocukları

  • Son Söz Sevginin

    Son Söz Sevginin

  • Beans

    Beans

  • Hayatımın Rolü

    Hayatımın Rolü

  • Noah Land

    Noah Land

  • A Long Cold Winter

    A Long Cold Winter

  • Borsa

    Borsa

  • Beneath the Hagia Sophia

    Beneath the Hagia Sophia

  • The 80th Step

    The 80th Step

  • 15 Minutes Over Low Heat

    15 Minutes Over Low Heat

  • Two Women

    Two Women

  • Cloud in Love

    Cloud in Love