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 (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Yan Yana
Character: Refik
MOVIE • 2025
Sahtekarlar
Character:
TV • 2025
Maria
Character: Aristotle Onassis
MOVIE • 2024
The Veil
Character: Mr. Demir
TV • 2024
The Turkish Detective
Character: Çetin İkmen
TV • 2023
Hot Skull
Character: Haluk
TV • 2022
Wild Abandon
Character: Berhudar
TV • 2022
Baba
Character: Emin Saruhanlı
TV • 2022
Stuck Apart
Character: Erbil
MOVIE • 2021
Şeref Bey
Character: Şeref
TV • 2021
Leyla Everlasting
Character: Adem
MOVIE • 2020
Alex Rider
Character: Dr. Greif
TV • 2020
Noah Land
Character: Ibrahim
MOVIE • 2019
Halloween
Character: Dr. Sartain
MOVIE • 2018
Persona
Character: Agâh Beyoğlu
TV • 2018
Forget About Nick
Character: Nick
MOVIE • 2017
Shelter
Character: Ahmet
MOVIE • 2017
Cingöz Recai
Character: Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
MOVIE • 2017
Trendy
Character: Hasan
MOVIE • 2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Character: Yusuf Yağmur
MOVIE • 2017
Crew
