Haluk Bilginer

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.

Haluk Bilginer has built a filmography of 17 credits over a career spanning from 1985 to 2023.

Haluk Bilginer's most notable role to date came in Halloween (2018), where he played Dr. Sartain. He also appeared in Ben-Hur (2016) as Simonides. Most recently appeared in The International (2009) as Ahmet Sunay.

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