Acting
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.
Acting
- 2025The Eighth Family8 ep.
- 2025Lovers & LiarsKadir22 ep.
- 2024The VeilMr. Demir1 ep.
- 2023The Turkish DetectiveÇetin İkmen8 ep.
- 2022Hot SkullHaluk4 ep.
- 2022Wild AbandonBerhudar8 ep.
- 2022BabaEmin Saruhanlı30 ep.
- 2021Şeref BeyŞeref10 ep.
- 2020Alex RiderDr. Greif7 ep.
- 2018PersonaAgâh Beyoğlu22 ep.
- 2017Black LetterOğuz Karahan6 ep.
- 2017InnocentCevdet Bayrakçı8 ep.
- 2015Komedi Türkiye13 ep.
- 2013KaçakFaysal Mengen18 ep.
- 2012Hayatımın RolüMüşfik/Yaşar19 ep.
- 2012Acayip HikayelerSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)1 ep.
- 2011İstanbul'un AltınlarıReşat Altın16 ep.
- 2010Cuma'ya KalsaCuma12 ep.
- 2009EzelKenan Birkan38 ep.
- 2009Sıkı DostlarHikmet23 ep.
- 2008Nerede KalmıştıkAteş13 ep.
- 2007Sevgili DünürümAhmet21 ep.
- 2005Yine de AşığımAli12 ep.
- 2004Yes, MinisterSamim Bayraktar14 ep.
- 2002SpooksEmre Celenk1 ep.
- 2001Sweet Lifeİhsan Yıldırım106 ep.
- 2001Cesur KuşkuCesur6 ep.
- 2001Running in the DarkAli10 ep.
- 2000Eyvah Kızım BüyüdüSedat Çolak34 ep.
- 2000YANLIŞ İÇERİK1 ep.
- 1998Eyvah BabamSedat Çolak39 ep.
- 1994Gülşen AbiAbidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla115 ep.
- 1993Sıcağı SıcağınaSunucu32 ep.
- 1993Son Söz Sevginin1 ep.
- 1993BorsaReha Çalık11 ep.
- 1991Laf Lafı Açıyor1 ep.
- 1987Gecenin Öteki Yüzü3 ep.
- 1987Ateşten GünlerAhmet Rıfkı4 ep.
- 1985Murder of a Moderate Man5 ep.
- 1985EastEndersMehmet Osman511 ep.
- 1981BergeracAhmed1 ep.
- —The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2024The VeilMr. Demir1 ep.
- 2022Hot SkullHaluk4 ep.
- 2020Alex RiderDr. Greif7 ep.
- 2012Acayip HikayelerSinan (Gecenin Avcısı)1 ep.
- 2004SpooksEmre Celenk1 ep.
- 2004Sweet Life1 ep.
- 1999The Bill1 ep.
- 1993Laf Lafı Açıyor1 ep.
- 1985EastEndersMehmet Osman56 ep.
- 1985BergeracAhmed1 ep.
Also known as: Nihat Haluk Bilginer · هالوک بیلگینر