Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
5 Juni 1954 (72)
Place of birth
İzmir, Turkey
Also known as
Nihat Haluk Bilginer · هالوک بیلگینر
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.
Bekannt für
8.4
Series
Ezel
Kenan Birkan
2009–2011
6.6
Film
Halloween
Dr. Sartain
2018
7.8
Series
The Eighth Family
2025
5.1
Series
The Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen
2023–
6.4
Film
Rosewater
Baba Akbar
2014
7.4
Series
Lovers & Liars
Kadir
2025–2026
5.8
Film
Ben-Hur
Simonides
2016
6.5
Series
Hayatımın Rolü
Müşfik/Yaşar
2012
8.1
Series
Persona
Agâh Beyoğlu
2018–2024
4.3
Series
Baba
Emin Saruhanlı
2022
5.7
Film
Two Women
1992
6.5
Film
Maria
Aristotle Onassis
2024
7.5
Series
Innocent
Cevdet Bayrakçı
2017
6.8
Film
Yan Yana
Refik
2025
7.2
Series
Gülşen Abi
Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
1994–1995
6.6
Film
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Nazmi Kemal
2013
7.7
Series
Ateşten Günler
Ahmet Rıfkı
1987
6.5
Series
Wild Abandon
Berhudar
2022
7.9
Series
Sweet Life
İhsan Yıldırım
2001–2005
6.3
Film
W.E.
Al Fayed
2011
5.5
Series
Sevgili Dünürüm
Ahmet
2007–2008
6.0
Film
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Khalil Bey
2017
5.6
Series
Şeref Bey
Şeref
2021
6.0
Film
Stuck Apart
Erbil
2021
5.0
Series
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
Sedat Çolak
2000–2001
9.7
Series
Black Letter
Oğuz Karahan
2017
7.4
Series
Running in the Dark
Ali
2001
9.0
Series
Yine de Aşığım
Ali
2005–2006
4.0
Series
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Cuma
2010
6.0
Series
Sıkı Dostlar
Hikmet
2009
7.0
Series
İstanbul'un Altınları
Reşat Altın
2011
8.0
Series
Yes, Minister
Samim Bayraktar
2004
8.0
Series
Cesur Kuşku
Cesur
2001
4.2
Film
Cingöz Recai
Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017
6.9
Film
The Last Schnitzel
The President
2017
6.5
Film
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Yusuf Yağmur
2017
5.3
Film
Shelter
Ahmet
2017
3.8
Film
Leyla Everlasting
Adem
2020
7.0
Film
Trendy
Hasan
2017
7.0
Series
Murder of a Moderate Man
1985
5.5
Film
Forget About Nick
Nick
2017
6.9
Film
Noah Land
Ibrahim
2019
Acting credits 42 titles
The Eighth Family
7.8
2025
Yan Yana
as Refik
6.8
2025
Lovers & Liars
as Kadir
7.4
2025–2026
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
6.5
2024
The Turkish Detective
as Çetin İkmen
5.1
2023–
Baba
as Emin Saruhanlı
4.3
2022
Wild Abandon
as Berhudar
6.5
2022
Şeref Bey
as Şeref
5.6
2021
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
6.0
2021
Leyla Everlasting
as Adem
3.8
2020
Noah Land
as Ibrahim
6.9
2019
Persona
as Agâh Beyoğlu
8.1
2018–2024
Halloween
as Dr. Sartain
6.6
2018
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
6.9
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
6.5
2017
Black Letter
as Oğuz Karahan
9.7
2017
Innocent
as Cevdet Bayrakçı
7.5
2017
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
4.2
2017
Forget About Nick
as Nick
5.5
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
6.0
2017
Shelter
as Ahmet
5.3
2017
Trendy
as Hasan
7.0
2017
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
5.8
2016
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
6.4
2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
6.6
2013
Hayatımın Rolü
as Müşfik/Yaşar
6.5
2012
İstanbul'un Altınları
as Reşat Altın
7.0
2011
W.E.
as Al Fayed
6.3
2011
Cuma'ya Kalsa
as Cuma
4.0
2010
Sıkı Dostlar
as Hikmet
6.0
2009
Ezel
as Kenan Birkan
8.4
2009–2011
Sevgili Dünürüm
as Ahmet
5.5
2007–2008
Yine de Aşığım
as Ali
9.0
2005–2006
Yes, Minister
as Samim Bayraktar
8.0
2004
Sweet Life
as İhsan Yıldırım
7.9
2001–2005
Cesur Kuşku
as Cesur
8.0
2001
Running in the Dark
as Ali
7.4
2001
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
as Sedat Çolak
5.0
2000–2001
Gülşen Abi
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
7.2
1994–1995
Two Women
5.7
1992
Ateşten Günler
as Ahmet Rıfkı
7.7
1987
Murder of a Moderate Man
7.0
1985