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Haluk Bilginer

Actor • Born 1954

Haluk Bilginer

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About

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

EastEnders posterEastEndersSeries • 1985Spooks posterSpooksSeries • 2002The Bill posterThe BillSeries • 1984Bergerac posterBergeracSeries • 1981Alex Rider posterAlex RiderSeries • 2020Halloween posterHalloweenMovie • 2018The International posterThe InternationalMovie • 2009Ezel posterEzelSeries • 2009The Veil posterThe VeilSeries • 2024Sweet Life posterSweet LifeSeries • 2001Gülşen Abi posterGülşen AbiSeries • 1994Persona posterPersonaSeries • 2018Kaçak posterKaçakSeries • 2013Ben-Hur posterBen-HurMovie • 2016Yan Yana posterYan YanaMovie • 2025The Ottoman Lieutenant posterThe Ottoman LieutenantMovie • 2017Maria posterMariaMovie • 2024Hot Skull posterHot SkullSeries • 2022Innocent posterInnocentSeries • 2017W.E. posterW.E.Movie • 2011Wild Abandon posterWild AbandonSeries • 2022Buffalo Soldiers posterBuffalo SoldiersMovie • 2002Winter Sleep posterWinter SleepMovie • 2014The Reluctant Fundamentalist posterThe Reluctant FundamentalistMovie • 2013