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.…
Filmography
Black Letter
2017 · 9.7
Yine de Aşığım
2005 · 9.0
The 80th Step
1996 · 9.0
Ezel
2009 · 8.4
Persona
2018 · 8.1
Sweet Life
2001 · 8.0
Cesur Kuşku
2001 · 8.0
Yes, Minister
2004 · 8.0
Time of Death
1990 · 8.0
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012 · 8.0
The Eighth Family
2025 · 7.8
A Long Cold Winter
2014 · 7.8
Cars of the Revolution
2008 · 7.8
Alex Rider
2020 · 7.8
Spooks
2002 · 7.7
Ateşten Günler
1987 · 7.7
Kaçak
2013 · 7.6
Innocence
1997 · 7.6
Winter Sleep
2014 · 7.5
Innocent
2017 · 7.5
Cloud in Love
1991 · 7.5
Lovers & Liars
2025 · 7.4
Running in the Dark
2001 · 7.4
Gülşen Abi
1994 · 7.2
Acayip Hikayeler
2012 · 7.2
İstanbul'un Altınları
2011 · 7.2
Where's Firuze?
2004 · 7.2
Beans
2000 · 7.1
Killing the Shadows
2006 · 7.1
Güle Güle
2000 · 7.1
Bergerac
1981 · 7.0
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985 · 7.0
Noah Land
2019 · 7.0
Trendy
2017 · 7.0
Yan Yana
2025 · 6.9
The Last Schnitzel
2017 · 6.9
The Bill
1984 · 6.8
Police
2007 · 6.7
Wild Abandon
2022 · 6.6
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013 · 6.6
A Son of the Sun
2008 · 6.6
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · 6.6
Elephants and Grass
2000 · 6.6
Halloween
2018 · 6.6
The Veil
2024 · 6.5
Maria
2024 · 6.5
Hayatımın Rolü
2012 · 6.5
Rosewater
2014 · 6.4
W.E.
2011 · 6.3
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000 · 6.3
Buffalo Soldiers
2002 · 6.3
The International
2009 · 6.3
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017 · 6.2
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003 · 6.2
Sıcağı Sıcağına
1993 · 6.0
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017 · 6.0
Sıkı Dostlar
2009 · 6.0
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009 · 6.0
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006 · 6.0
Hot Skull
2022 · 5.9
Stuck Apart
2021 · 5.9
Ben-Hur
2016 · 5.8
Two Women
1992 · 5.7
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014 · 5.7
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999 · 5.6
7
2011 · 5.6
Sawdust Tales
1997 · 5.6
Sevgili Dünürüm
2007 · 5.5
Five Minarets in New York
2010 · 5.5
Last Harem
1999 · 5.5
Forget About Nick
2017 · 5.4
Shelter
2017 · 5.3
Şeref Bey
2021 · 5.2
The Turkish Detective
2023 · 5.2
Amerikalı
1993 · 5.1
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000 · 5.0
Half Moon Street
1986 · 5.0
Nihavend Mucize
1997 · 4.9
Robbery Alla Turca
2005 · 4.8
Baba
2022 · 4.7
Ishtar
1987 · 4.6
Disappeared
2004 · 4.5
EastEnders
1985 · 4.3
Cingöz Recai
2017 · 4.2
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010 · 4.0
Leyla Everlasting
2020 · 3.7
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011 · 2.6
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991 · 0.0
Nerede Kalmıştık
2008 · 0.0
Komedi Türkiye
2015 · 0.0
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987 · 0.0
Eyvah Babam
1998 · 0.0
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
— · 0.0
Borsa
1993 · 0.0
Güneye Giderken
— · 0.0
Son Söz Sevginin
1993 · 0.0
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
2012 · 0.0
A Long Cold Winter
2024 · 0.0
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
— · 0.0
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009 · 0.0