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.

Most Known For

EastEnders

as Mehmet Osman

Spooks

as Emre Celenk

The Eighth Family

The Bill

Bergerac

as Ahmed

Ezel

as Kenan Birkan

Alex Rider

as Dr. Greif

Lovers & Liars

as Kadir

Gülşen Abi

as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla

The Veil

as Mr. Demir

Buffalo Soldiers

as The Turk

Halloween

as Dr. Sartain

Baba

as Emin Saruhanlı

Sweet Life

as İhsan Yıldırım

The International

as Ahmet Sunay

Persona

as Agâh Beyoğlu

Ben-Hur

as Simonides

Time of Death

as Ömer

Kaçak

as Faysal Mengen

Maria

as Aristotle Onassis