Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
06 Jun, 1954 (70 years old)
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
Acting
2024
Maria
2022
Wild Abandon
2021
Stuck Apart
2020
Leyla Everlasting
2018
Halloween
2018
Persona
2017
Forget About Nick
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2016
Ben-Hur
2014
Rosewater
2014
Winter Sleep
2013
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2011
W.E.
2010
Five Minarets in New York
2009
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
Ezel
2009
The International
2008
A Son of the Sun
2008
Cars of the Revolution
2006
Killing the Shadows
2004
Where's Firuze?
2002
Buffalo Soldiers
1997
Innocence
1987
Ishtar
1986
Half Moon Street