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.

 Filmography 
Films
 Year Title Role Notes 1986Half Moon StreetFirst Arab1987 IshtarGuerrilla leaderLionheartMerchant 1996Istanbul Beneath My WingsEvliya Çelebi 1997MasumiyetBekirBest Supporting Actor – won the Golden Orange at the International Antalya Film Festival  Won the Jean Carment Award at the Angers European First Film Festival 1999The RaindropZinnurHarem SuareAbdülhamit 2000BeansThe imaginary old man 2001Elephants and GrassSabit 2001Buffalo SoldiersThe Turk 2004Where's Firuze?Hayri 2004She's GoneInspector Yılmaz 2005Robbery Alla TurcaSeçkin 2006Killing the ShadowsKaragöz 2008Cars of the RevolutionNecipSon of the SunAlper Canan 2009The InternationalAhmet Sunay 2010Five Minarets in New YorkHadji 2011W.E.Mohamed Al-Fayed 2012The Reluctant FundamentalistNazmi Kemal 2014RosewaterBaba Akbar 2014Winter SleepAydınBest Actor – won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Palm Springs International Film Festival  the film won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize  2016Ben-HurSimonides2017Forget About NickNick 2017The Ottoman LieutenantHalil Bey 2017TrendyHasan 2017RefugeAhmet 2018HalloweenDr. Ranbir Sartain 2019Noah Landİbrahim 2020Leyla EverlastingAdem 2021Stuck ApartErbil 2024MariaAristotle OnassisAmerican-Italian-German production

TV series
 Year Title Role Notes 1984The Glory BoysArab Driver 1985–89EastEndersMehmet Osman 1985BergeracAhmetEpisode "Avenge O Lord"  1991Memories of MidnightDino MattusiTV mini series 1993The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Colonel İsmet BeyEpisode "Palestine, October 1917" 1999The BillGuest Star/OllyEpisode "The Three Sergeants"2001Karanlıkta KoşanlarAliTurkish TV series2001Tatlı Hayatİhsan YıldırımTurkish TV series, a remake of The Jeffersons 2004SpooksEmre CelenkEpisode "Persephone" 2004–05Sayın Bakanım Samim Bayraktar (TV series, a remake of British TV series Yes Minister) 2010–11EzelKenan Birkan 2012Acayip HikayelerSinan 2014 Kaçak Ustura Faysal 2016New BloodJohn Malik2 episodes 2017MasumCevdet 2017Kara YazıOğuz 2018ŞahsiyetAgâh BeyogluWinner – Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th International Emmy Awards 2020Alex RiderDr GreifMain role 2021 Şeref BeyŞerefLeading role 

 References 

Other websites

 Biography of Haluk Bilginer - Biyografi.info 

Category:1954 births
Category:Living people
Category:Turkish movie actors
Category:Turkish television actors
Category:Turkish stage actors
Category:People from İzmir