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 Εahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
Filmography (97)
Soyut DΔ±Εavurumcu Bir DostluΔun Anatomisi Veyahut Yan Yana
2025
Lovers & Liars
2025
The Eighth Family
2025
Maria
2024
The Veil
2024
The Turkish Detective
2023
Baba
2022
Wild Abandon
2022
El-Gomgoma El-Sakhena
2022
Stuck Apart
2021
Εeref Bey
2021
Leyla Everlasting
2020
Alex Rider
2020
Noah Land
2019
Halloween
2018
Persona
2018
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017
CingΓΆz Recai
2017
Forget About Nick
2017
Shelter
2017
The Last Schnitzel
2017
Trendy
2017
Innocent
2017
Black Letter
2017
Ben-Hur
2016
Komedi TΓΌrkiye
2015
Rosewater
2014
Winter Sleep
2014
Evliya Γelebi ve ΓlΓΌmsΓΌzlΓΌk Suyu
2014
A Long Cold Winter
2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013
Kaçak
2013
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012
Acayip Hikayeler
2012
HayatΔ±mΔ±n RolΓΌ
2012
W.E.
2011
7
2011
Γanakkale ΓocuklarΔ±
2011
Δ°stanbul'un AltΔ±nlarΔ±
2011
Five Minarets in New York
2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009
The International
2009
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009
Ezel
2009
SΔ±kΔ± Dostlar
2009
A Son of the Sun
2008
Cars of the Revolution
2008
Nerede KalmΔ±ΕtΔ±k
2008
Police
2007
Sevgili DΓΌnΓΌrΓΌm
2007
Killing the Shadows
2006
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Yine de AΕΔ±ΔΔ±m
2005
Where's Firuze?
2004
Disappeared
2004
Yes, Minister
2004
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
2002
Spooks
2002
Sweet Life
2001
Running in the Dark
2001
Cesur KuΕku
2001
Elephants and Grass
2000
Beans
2000
GΓΌle GΓΌle
2000
Eyvah KΔ±zΔ±m BΓΌyΓΌdΓΌ
2000
YANLIΕ Δ°ΓERΔ°K
2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999
Last Harem
1999
Eyvah Babam
1998
Innocence
1997
Sawdust Tales
1997
Nihavend Mucize
1997
The 80th Step
1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
GΓΌlΕen Abi
1994
AmerikalΔ±
1993
Son SΓΆz Sevginin
1993
SΔ±caΔΔ± SΔ±caΔΔ±na
1993
Borsa
1993
Two Women
1992
Cloud in Love
1991
Laf Lafı Açıyor
1991
Time of Death
1990
Ishtar
1987
AteΕten GΓΌnler
1987
Gecenin Γteki YΓΌzΓΌ
1987
Half Moon Street
1986
EastEnders
1985
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
The Bill
1984
Bergerac
1981
Beneath the Hagia Sophia
The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier
English
EspaΓ±ol
Russian
