Acting
Haluk Bilginer
Also Known As: Nihat Haluk Bilginer, هالوک بیلگینر
Birth Date
June 5, 1954
(72 years old)
Place of Birth
İzmir, Turkey
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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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EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
1985 • 511 episodes
The Bill
1984 • 1 episode
Spooks
Emre Celenk
2002 • 1 episode
Bergerac
Ahmed
1981 • 1 episode
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım
2001 • 106 episodes
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif
2020 • 7 episodes
Hayatımın Rolü
Müşfik/Yaşar
2012 • 19 episodes
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
2018
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
2009 • 38 episodes
Ben-Hur
Simonides
2016
Yes, Minister
Samim Bayraktar
2004 • 14 episodes
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1994 • 115 episodes
Sevgili Dünürüm
Ahmet
2007 • 21 episodes
The International
Ahmet Sunay
2009
The Eighth Family
2025 • 8 episodes
The Veil
Mr. Demir
2024 • 1 episode
Hot Skull
Haluk
2022 • 4 episodes
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
2018 • 22 episodes
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
2024
Lovers & Liars
Kadir
2025 • 22 episodes