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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TV Show
EastEnders
Mehmet Osman
1985 • 3854 episodes
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TV Show
Spooks
Emre Celenk
2002 • 1 episode
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TV Show
The Bill
1984 • 1 episode
star6.7
TV Show
Bergerac
Ahmed
1981 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
2009 • 38 episodes
star7.8
TV Show
Alex Rider
Dr. Greif
2020 • 7 episodes
star6.8
TV Show
Lovers & Liars
Kadir
2025 • 22 episodes
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TV Show
The Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen
2023 • 8 episodes
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TV Show
The Eighth Family
2025 • 8 episodes
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Movie
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
2018
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TV Show
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
2018 • 22 episodes
star7.5
TV Show
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı
2017 • 8 episodes
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TV Show
The Veil
Mr. Demir
2024 • 1 episode
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TV Show
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1994 • 115 episodes
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Movie
Ben-Hur
Simonides
2016
star7.9
TV Show
Sweet Life
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2001 • 106 episodes
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TV Show
Baba
Emin Saruhanlı
2022 • 30 episodes
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Movie
The International
Ahmet Sunay
2009
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TV Show
Kaçak
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2013 • 18 episodes
star4.2
Movie
Cingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017