Haluk Bilginer

Acting

June 5, 1954 (72 years old)

İzmir, Turkey

Male

55 Movies

43 TV Shows

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.

Winter Sleep

2014 7.5

as Aydın

Age 60 (now 72)

Halloween

2018 6.6

as Dr. Sartain

Age 64 (now 72)

Innocence

1997 7.7

as Bekir

Age 43 (now 72)

Where's Firuze?

2004 7.2

as Hayri Kalıpçı

Age 49 (now 72)

Maria

2024 6.5

as Aristotle Onassis

Age 70 (now 72)

Killing the Shadows

2006 7.1

as Karagöz

Age 51 (now 72)

Five Minarets in New York

2010 5.5

as Hacı

Age 55 (now 72)

EastEnders

1985 4.2

as Mehmet Osman

Age 30 (now 72) 3854 eps

3854 eps

Ezel

2009 8.4

as Kenan Birkan

Age 55 (now 72) 38 eps

38 eps

Persona

2018 8.1

as Agâh Beyoğlu

Age 63 (now 72) 22 eps

22 eps

Cars of the Revolution

2008 7.8

as Necip

Age 54 (now 72)

Sweet Life

2001 7.9

as İhsan Yıldırım

Age 47 (now 72) 106 eps

106 eps

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017 6.1

as Khalil Bey

Age 62 (now 72)

Noah Land

2019 6.9

as Ibrahim

Age 65 (now 72)

Rosewater

2014 6.4

as Baba Akbar

Age 60 (now 72)

Police

2007 6.7

as Musa Rami

Age 52 (now 72)

Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana

2025 6.8

as Refik

Age 71 (now 72)

Maria

2024 6.5

as Aristotle Onassis

Age 70 (now 72)

Stuck Apart

2021 6.0

as Erbil

Age 66 (now 72)

Leyla Everlasting

2020 3.8

as Adem

Age 66 (now 72)

Noah Land

2019 6.9

as Ibrahim

Age 65 (now 72)

Halloween

2018 6.6

as Dr. Sartain

Age 64 (now 72)

Forget About Nick

2017 5.5

as Nick

Age 63 (now 72)

Shelter

2017 5.3

as Ahmet

Age 63 (now 72)

Cingöz Recai

2017 4.2

as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

Age 63 (now 72)

Trendy

2017 7.0

as Hasan

Age 63 (now 72)

The Bank of Broken Hearts

2017 6.5

as Yusuf Yağmur

Age 62 (now 72)

The Ottoman Lieutenant

2017 6.1

as Khalil Bey

Age 62 (now 72)

The Last Schnitzel

2017 6.9

as The President

Age 62 (now 72)

Ben-Hur

2016 5.8

as Simonides

Age 62 (now 72)

A Long Cold Winter

2014 8.0

Age 60 (now 72)

Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu

2014 5.7

as Evliya Çelebi (voice)

Age 60 (now 72)