🎬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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Yan Yana (2025)	Refik		9
2	Maria (2024)	Aristotle Onassis		7
3	Stuck Apart (2021)	Erbil		5
4	Leyla Everlasting (2020)	Adem		2
5	Noah Land (2019)	Ibrahim		6
6	Halloween (2018)	Dr. Sartain		7.1
7	Trendy (2017)	Hasan	-	-
8	Forget About Nick (2017)	Nick		6
9	The Last Schnitzel (2017)	The President	-	-
10	Shelter (2017)	Ahmet	-	-
11	Cingöz Recai (2017)	Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza		5
12	The Ottoman Lieutenant (2017)	Khalil Bey		4.5
13	Ben-Hur (2016)	Simonides		6.6
14	Winter Sleep (2014)	Aydın		5.3
15	Rosewater (2014)	Baba Akbar		6.5
16	The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)	Nazmi Kemal		6.2
17	W.E. (2011)	Al Fayed	-	-
18	Five Minarets in New York (2010)	Hacı		6
19	The International (2009)	Ahmet Sunay		6.4
20	7 Husbands for Hurmuz (2009)	Cebrail		7
21	A Son of the Sun (2008)	Alper Canan		8
22	Cars of the Revolution (2008)	Necip		7.5
23	Police (2007)	Musa Rami	-	-
24	Killing the Shadows (2006)	Karagöz		7
25	Robbery Alla Turca (2005)	Seçkin Doruk		5.5
26	Where's Firuze? (2004)	Hayri Kalıpçı		7.5
27	Buffalo Soldiers (2002)	The Turk		6.3
28	Elephants and Grass (2000)	Sabit Üzücü		6
29	Beans (2000)	Bilge Dede		9
30	Last Harem (1999)	Abdülhamit II	-	-
31	The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1999)	Col. Ismet Bay	-	-
32	Innocence (1997)	Bekir		9
33	Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996)	Evliya Çelebi		8
34	Ishtar (1987)	Guerrilla leader		2.3
35	Half Moon Street (1986)	First Arab	-	-