Haluk Bilginer
Birthday: 1954-06-06
Birthplace: İzmir, Turkey
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2024-11-27 | Maria | Aristotle Onassis |
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2021-01-08 | Stuck Apart | Erbil |
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2020-12-04 | Leyla Everlasting | Adem |
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2019-09-29 | Noah Land | Ibrahim |
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2018-10-18 | Halloween | Dr. Sartain |
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2017-12-07 | Forget About Nick | Nick |
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2017-10-19 | Shelter | Ahmet |
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2017-10-13 | Cingöz Recai | Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza |
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2017-09-25 | Trendy | Hasan |
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2017-04-13 | The Bank of Broken Hearts | Yusuf Yağmur |
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2017-03-28 | The Ottoman Lieutenant | Khalil Bey |
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2017-03-14 | The Last Schnitzel | The President |
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2016-08-17 | Ben-Hur | Simonides |
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2014-12-31 | A Long Cold Winter | |
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2014-11-15 | Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu | Evliya Çelebi (voice) |
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2014-11-07 | Rosewater | Baba Akbar |
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2014-06-13 | Winter Sleep | Aydın |
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2013-04-24 | The Reluctant Fundamentalist | Nazmi Kemal |
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2012-03-27 | Antonius and Cleopatra | Antonius |
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2011-09-01 | W.E. | Al Fayed |
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2011-06-07 | 7 | |
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2011-05-09 | Çanakkale Çocukları | Kasim |
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2010-03-09 | Five Minarets in New York | Hacı |
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2009-11-20 | 7 Husbands for Hurmuz | Cebrail |
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2009-02-03 | The International | Ahmet Sunay |
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2008-11-06 | A Son of the Sun | Alper Canan |
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2008-10-24 | Cars of the Revolution | Necip |
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2007-02-16 | Police | Musa Rami |
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2006-05-19 | 15 Minutes Over Low Heat | Muhtar |
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2006-02-17 | Killing the Shadows | Karagöz |
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2005-02-10 | Robbery Alla Turca | Seçkin Doruk |
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2004-09-19 | Disappeared | Inspector Yilmaz |
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2004-02-20 | Where's Firuze? | Hayri Kalıpçı |
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2003-05-09 | The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World | King Hattuþili III |
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2002-10-31 | Buffalo Soldiers | The Turk |
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2002-04-21 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert | Col. Ismet Bay |
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2000-10-22 | Elephants and Grass | Sabit Üzücü |
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2000-05-05 | Beans | Bilge Dede |
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2000-02-04 | Güle Güle | Zinnur |
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1999-11-24 | Last Harem | Abdülhamit II |
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1997-10-24 | Innocence | Bekir |
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1997-01-02 | Sawdust Tales | Aaron |
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1997-01-02 | Nihavend Mucize | Erol |
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1996-03-15 | Istanbul Beneath My Wings | Evliya Çelebi |
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1996-01-01 | The 80th Step | Savcı |
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1993-10-08 | Amerikalı | |
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1992-01-01 | Two Women | |
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1991-02-08 | Cloud in Love | Atila |
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1990-01-01 | Ölürayak | Ömer |
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1987-05-15 | Ishtar | Guerrilla leader |
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1986-08-13 | Half Moon Street | First Arab |