
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/5/1954
Place of Birth
İzmir, Turkey
Also Known As
Nihat Haluk Bilginerهالوک بیلگینر
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.
For his role in Şahsiyet...
Known For

Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk

Cars of the Revolution
as Necip

Shelter
as Ahmet

Rosewater
as Baba Akbar

Maria
as Aristotle Onassis

Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II

The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur

Halloween
as Dr. Sartain

W.E.
as Al Fayed

Stuck Apart
as Erbil

Ben-Hur
as Simonides

The International
as Ahmet Sunay

Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı

Police
as Musa Rami

Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk

The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey

Winter Sleep
as Aydın

Forget About Nick
as Nick

Güle Güle
as Zinnur