
Acting
June 4, 1954 (71 years old)
İzmir, Turkey
Also Known As
Nihat Haluk Bilginer
هالوک بیلگینر
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.

The Eighth Family
2025

Soyut Dışavurumcu Bir Dostluğun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
as Refik

Lovers & Liars
2025
as Kadir

Maria
2024
as Aristotle Onassis

The Veil
2024
as Mr. Demir

The Turkish Detective
2023
as Çetin İkmen

Hot Skull
2022
as Haluk

Wild Abandon
2022
as Berhudar

Baba
2022
as Emin Saruhanlı

Stuck Apart
2021
as Erbil

Şeref Bey
2021
as Şeref

Leyla Everlasting
2020
as Adem

Alex Rider
2020
as Dr. Greif

Noah Land
2019
as Ibrahim

Halloween
2018
as Dr. Sartain

Persona
2018
as Agâh Beyoğlu

Forget About Nick
2017
as Nick

Shelter
2017
as Ahmet

Cingöz Recai
2017
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza

Trendy
2017
as Hasan