Haluk Bilginer

**Nihat Haluk Bilginer** (born 5 June 1954, İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish movie, television and stage actor.

He has appeared in more than 120 movies, television series and in theatre roles. He has starred in genres such as comedy, drama, adventure and crime stories. In addition to starring in Turkish movies and television series, he also stars in foreign movies and television series, including in Hollywood movies. He often plays villains and unsympathetic characters.

He is most famous in the United Kingdom for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television series _EastEnders_.

### Films

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1986|_Half Moon Street_|First Arab|||
|rowspan=2|1987|_Ishtar_|Guerrilla leader||
|_Lionheart_|Merchant||||
|1996|_Istanbul Beneath My Wings_|Evliya Çelebi|||
|1997|_Masumiyet_|Bekir|Best Supporting Actor – won the Golden Orange at the International Antalya Film Festival Won the Jean Carment Award at the Angers European First Film Festival||
|rowspan=2|1999|_The Raindrop_|Zinnur||
|_Harem Suare_|Abdülhamit||||
|2000|_Beans_|The imaginary old man|||
|2001|_Elephants and Grass_|Sabit|||
|2001|_Buffalo Soldiers_|The Turk|||
|2004|_Where's Firuze?_|Hayri|||
|2004|_She's Gone_|Inspector Yılmaz|||
|2005|_Robbery Alla Turca_|Seçkin|||
|2006|_Killing the Shadows_|Karagöz|||
|rowspan=2|2008|_Cars of the Revolution_|Necip||
|_Son of the Sun_|Alper Canan||||
|2009|_The International_|Ahmet Sunay|||
|2010|_Five Minarets in New York_|Hadji|||
|2011|_W.E._|Mohamed Al-Fayed|||
|2012|_The Reluctant Fundamentalist_|Nazmi Kemal|||
|2014|_Rosewater_|Baba Akbar|||
|2014|_Winter Sleep_|Aydın|Best Actor – won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival the film won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize||
|2016|_Ben-Hur_|Simonides|||
|2017|_Forget About Nick_|Nick|||
|2017|_The Ottoman Lieutenant_|Halil Bey|||
|2017|_Trendy_|Hasan|||
|2017|_Refuge_|Ahmet|||
|2018|_Halloween_|Dr. Ranbir Sartain|||
|2019|_Noah Land_|İbrahim|||
|2020|_Leyla Everlasting_|Adem|||
|2021|_Stuck Apart_|Erbil|||
|2024|_Maria_|Aristotle Onassis|American-Italian-German production||

### TV series

|Year|Title|Role|class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1984|_The Glory Boys_|Arab Driver|||
|1985–89|_EastEnders_|Mehmet Osman|||
|1985|_Bergerac_|Ahmet|Episode "Avenge O Lord"||
|1991|_Memories of Midnight_|Dino Mattusi|TV mini series||
|1993|_The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles_|Colonel İsmet Bey|Episode "Palestine, October 1917"||
|1999|_The Bill_|Guest Star/Olly|Episode "The Three Sergeants"||
|2001|_Karanlıkta Koşanlar_|Ali|Turkish TV series||
|2001|_Tatlı Hayat_|İhsan Yıldırım|Turkish TV series, a remake of _The Jeffersons_||
|2004|_Spooks_|Emre Celenk|Episode "Persephone"||
|2004–05|_Sayın Bakanım_|Samim Bayraktar|(TV series, a remake of British TV series _Yes Minister_)||
|2010–11|_Ezel_|Kenan Birkan|||
|2012|_Acayip Hikayeler_|Sinan|||
|2014|_Kaçak_|Ustura Faysal|||
|2016|_New Blood_|John Malik|2 episodes||
|2017|_Masum_|Cevdet|||
|2017|_Kara Yazı_|Oğuz|||
|2018|_Şahsiyet_|Agâh Beyoglu|Winner – Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th International Emmy Awards||
|2020|_Alex Rider_|Dr Greif|Main role||
|2021|_Şeref Bey_|Şeref|Leading role||

## Other websites

- _Biography of Haluk Bilginer_ - Biyografi.info

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Haluk Bilginer
- **image**: Haluk Bilginer2022.jpg
- **caption**: Haluk Bilginer in 2022
- **birth name**: Nihat Haluk Bilginer
- **birth place**: İzmir, Turkey
- **nationality**: Turkey, Turkish
- **alma mater**: Ankara State Conservatory,
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- **occupation**: Movie, television and stage actor
- **years active**: 1978–present
- **spouse**:

- **children**: 1