Acting · İzmir, Turkey · Born June 5, 1954
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 (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
TVThe Eighth Family
2025
MovieYan Yana
2025
as Refik
TVLovers & Liars
2025
as Kadir
MovieMaria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis
TVThe Veil
2024
as Mr. Demir
TVThe Turkish Detective
2023
as Çetin İkmen
TVEl-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022
as Haluk
TVWild Abandon
2022
as Berhudar
TVBaba
2022
as Emin Saruhanlı
MovieStuck Apart
2021
as Erbil
TVŞeref Bey
2021
as Şeref
MovieLeyla Everlasting
2020
as Adem
TVAlex Rider
2020
as Dr. Greif
MovieNoah Land
2019
as Ibrahim
MovieHalloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain
TVPersona
2018
as Agâh Beyoğlu
MovieForget About Nick
2017
as Nick
MovieShelter
2017
as Ahmet
MovieCingöz Recai
2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
MovieTrendy
2017
as Hasan
MovieThe Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
as Yusuf Yağmur
MovieThe Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
as Khalil Bey
TVBlack Letter
2017
as Oğuz Karahan
MovieThe Last Schnitzel
2017
as The President
TVInnocent
2017
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
MovieBen-Hur
2016
as Simonides
Komedi Türkiye
2015
MovieA Long Cold Winter
2014
MovieEvliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
MovieRosewater
2014
as Baba Akbar
MovieWinter Sleep
2014
as Aydın
TVKaçak
2013
as Faysal Mengen
MovieThe Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
as Nazmi Kemal
TVHayatımın Rolü
2012
as Müşfik/Yaşar
TVAcayip Hikayeler
2012
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
MovieAntonius and Cleopatra
2012
as Antonius
MovieW.E.
2011
as Al Fayed
TVİstanbul'un Altınları
2011
as Reşat Altın
Movie7
2011
MovieÇanakkale Çocukları
2011
as Kasim
TVCuma'ya Kalsa
2010
as Cuma
MovieFive Minarets in New York
2010
as Hacı
Movie7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
as Cebrail
MovieThe Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
TVEzel
2009
as Kenan Birkan
TVSıkı Dostlar
2009
as Hikmet
MovieThe International
2009
as Ahmet Sunay
MovieA Son of the Sun
2008
as Alper Canan
MovieCars of the Revolution
2008
as Necip
TVNerede Kalmıştık
2008
as Ateş
TVSevgili Dünürüm
2007
as Ahmet
MoviePolice
2007
as Musa Rami
Movie15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
as Muhtar
MovieKilling the Shadows
2006
as Karagöz
TVYine de Aşığım
2005
as Ali
MovieRobbery Alla Turca
2005
as Seçkin Doruk
TVYes, Minister
2004
as Samim Bayraktar
MovieDisappeared
2004
as Inspector Yilmaz
MovieWhere's Firuze?
2004
as Hayri Kalıpçı
MovieThe Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
as King Hattuþili III
MovieBuffalo Soldiers
2002
as The Turk
TVSpooks
2002
as Emre Celenk
TVSweet Life
2001
as İhsan Yıldırım
TVCesur Kuşku
2001
as Cesur
TVRunning in the Dark
2001
as Ali
MovieElephants and Grass
2000
as Sabit Üzücü
MovieBeans
2000
as Bilge Dede
TVEyvah Kızım Büyüdü
2000
as Sedat Çolak
TVYANLIŞ İÇERİK
2000
MovieGüle Güle
2000
as Zinnur
MovieLast Harem
1999
as Abdülhamit II
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
as Col. Ismet Bay
TVEyvah Babam
1998
as Sedat Çolak
MovieInnocence
1997
as Bekir
MovieSawdust Tales
1997
as Aaron
MovieNihavend Mucize
1997
as Erol
MovieIstanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
as Evliya Çelebi
MovieThe 80th Step
1996
as Savcı
TVGülşen Abi
1994
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
MovieAmerikalı
1993
TVSıcağı Sıcağına
1993
as Sunucu
Son Söz Sevginin
1993
TVBorsa
1993
as Reha Çalık
MovieTwo Women
1992
TVLaf Lafı Açıyor
1991
MovieCloud in Love
1991
as Atila
MovieTime of Death
1990
as Ömer
TVGecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987
MovieIshtar
1987
as Guerrilla leader
TVAteşten Günler
1987
as Ahmet Rıfkı
MovieHalf Moon Street
1986
as First Arab
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
TVEastEnders
1985
as Mehmet Osman
TVThe Bill
1984
TVBergerac
1981
as Ahmed
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
