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. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.
Known For
| Homepage | http://oyunatolyesi.com |
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| Birth Location | İzmir, Turkey |
| Born | 1954-06-06 |
Movies
Halloween Kills
as Dr. Ranbir Sartain (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Stuck Apart
as Erbil
2021
Leyla Everlasting
as Adem
2020
Noah Land
as Ibrahim
2019
Halloween
as Dr. Ranbir Sartain
2018
Forget About Nick
as Nick
2017
Shelter
as Ahmet
2017
Cingöz Recai
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
2017
Trendy
as Hasan
2017
The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Yusuf Yağmur
2017
The Last Schnitzel
as The President
2017
The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Khalil Bey
2017
Ben-Hur
as Simonides
2016
2014
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
2014
Rosewater
as Baba Akbar
2014
Winter Sleep
as Aydın
2014
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Nazmi Kemal
2013
Antonius and Cleopatra
as Antonius
2012
W.E.
as Al Fayed
2011
2011
Çanakkale Çocukları
as Kasim
2011
Five Minarets in New York
as Hacı
2010
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
as Cebrail
2009
The International
as Ahmet Sunay
2009
A Son of the Sun
as Alper Canan
2008
Cars of the Revolution
as Necip
2008
Police
as Musa Rami
2007
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Muhtar
2006
Killing the Shadows
as Karagöz
2006
Robbery Alla Turca
as Seçkin Doruk
2005
Disappeared
as Inspector Yilmaz
2004
Where's Firuze?
as Hayri Kalıpçı
2004
The Hittites - A Civilization that Changed the World
as King Hattuþili III
2003
Buffalo Soldiers
as The Turk
2002
Elephants and Grass
as Sabit Üzücü
2000
Beans
as Bilge Dede
2000
Güle Güle
as Zinnur
2000
Last Harem
as Abdülhamit II
1999
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Col. Ismet Bay
1999
Innocence
as Bekir
1997
Sawdust Tales
as Aaron
1997
Nihavend Mucize
as Erol
1997
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Evliya Çelebi
1996
1996
1992
Cloud in Love
as Atila
1991
Ölürayak
as Ömer
1990
Ishtar
as Guerrilla leader
1987
Half Moon Street
as First Arab
1986
Maria
as Aristotle Onassis
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Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Narrator
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