Acting credits
93
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Haluk Bilginer
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.7
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Movies: 53Series: 40Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 117640
IMDb ID: nm0082211
Known for: Acting
Born: June 5, 1954
Age: 71
Place of birth: İzmir, Turkey
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2025
Years active: 45
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q470210
Also known as
Nihat Haluk Bilginer • هالوک بیلگینر
Other jobs
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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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Haluk Bilginer.
7.5
Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
as Refik
2025 Movie
6.4
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
2024 Movie
6.0
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
2021 Movie
3.8
Leyla Everlasting
as Adem
2020 Movie
6.9
Noah Land
as Ibrahim
2019 Movie
6.6
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
2018 Movie
5.5
Forget About Nick
as Nick
2017 Movie
5.3
Shelter
as Ahmet
2017 Movie
4.2
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017 Movie
7.0
Trendy
as Hasan
2017 Movie
6.5
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
2017 Movie
6.1
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
2017 Movie
6.9
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
2017 Movie
5.8
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
2016 Movie
8.0
A Long Cold Winter
2014 Movie
5.7
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
2014 Movie
6.4
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
2014 Movie
7.5
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
2014 Movie
6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
2013 Movie
8.0
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
2012 Movie
6.3
W.E.
as Al Fayed
2011 Movie
5.6
7
2011 Movie
2.8
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
2011 Movie
5.5
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı
2010 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Haluk Bilginer.
8.8
The Eighth Family
8 eps
2025 Series
6.8
Lovers & Liars
as Kadir • 20 eps
2025 Series
6.5
The Veil
as Mr. Demir • 1 eps
2024 Series
5.2
The Turkish Detective
as Çetin İkmen • 8 eps
2023 Series
5.9
Hot Skull
as Haluk • 4 eps
2022 Series
6.6
Wild Abandon
as Berhudar • 8 eps
2022 Series
4.3
Baba
as Emin Saruhanlı • 30 eps
2022 Series
5.6
Şeref Bey
as Şeref • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Alex Rider
as Dr. Greif • 7 eps
2020 Series
8.1
Persona
as Agâh Beyoğlu • 22 eps
2018 Series
9.7
Black Letter
as Oğuz Karahan • 6 eps
2017 Series
7.5
Innocent
as Cevdet Bayrakçı • 8 eps
2017 Series
Komedi Türkiye
13 eps
2015 Series
7.6
Kaçak
as Faysal Mengen • 18 eps
2013 Series
6.5
Hayatımın Rolü
as Müşfik/Yaşar • 19 eps
2012 Series
7.2
Acayip Hikayeler
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) • 1 eps
2012 Series
6.5
İstanbul'un Altınları
as Reşat Altın • 16 eps
2011 Series
4.0
Cuma'ya Kalsa
as Cuma • 12 eps
2010 Series
8.4
Ezel
as Kenan Birkan • 38 eps
2009 Series
6.0
Sıkı Dostlar
as Hikmet • 23 eps
2009 Series
Nerede Kalmıştık
as Ateş • 13 eps
2008 Series
5.5
Sevgili Dünürüm
as Ahmet • 21 eps
2007 Series
Yine de Aşığım
as Ali • 12 eps
2005 Series
Yes, Minister
as Samim Bayraktar • 14 eps
2004 Series