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Haluk Bilginer
Known for: ActingNihat 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.
Filmography 23
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain 
Yan Yana
as Refik 
Persona
as Agâh Beyoğlu 
Lovers & Liars
as Kadir 
Ben-Hur
as Simonides 
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II 
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis 
Innocent
as Cevdet Bayrakçı 
W.E.
as Al Fayed 
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey 
Sevgili Dünürüm
as Ahmet 
Wild Abandon
as Berhudar 
Winter Sleep
as Aydın 
The Turkish Detective
as Çetin İkmen 
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal 
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk 
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı 
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar 
Shelter
as Ahmet 
Innocence
as Bekir 
Stuck Apart
as Erbil 
Leyla Everlasting
as Adem