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.
53 movies · 42 shows
Yan Yana
2025·6.8
Maria
2024·6.5
Stuck Apart
2021·6.0
Leyla Everlasting
2020·3.7
Noah Land
2019·6.9
Halloween
2018·6.6
Forget About Nick
2017·5.5
Shelter
2017·5.3
Cingöz Recai
2017·4.2
Trendy
2017·7.0
The Bank of Broken Hearts
2017·6.5
The Ottoman Lieutenant
2017·6.0
The Last Schnitzel
2017·6.9
Ben-Hur
2016·5.8
A Long Cold Winter
2014·7.8
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
2014·5.7
Rosewater
2014·6.4
Winter Sleep
2014·7.5
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2013·6.6
Antonius and Cleopatra
2012·8.0
W.E.
2011·6.3
7
2011·5.6
Çanakkale Çocukları
2011·2.8
Five Minarets in New York
2010·5.5
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
2009·6.0
The Watercolor-Suluboya
2009·0.0
The International
2009·6.3
A Son of the Sun
2008·6.5
Cars of the Revolution
2008·7.8
Police
2007·6.7
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
2006·5.9
Killing the Shadows
2006·7.1
Robbery Alla Turca
2005·4.8
Disappeared
2004·4.5
Where's Firuze?
2004·7.2
The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World
2003·6.2
Buffalo Soldiers
2002·6.3
Elephants and Grass
2000·6.6
Beans
2000·7.2
Güle Güle
2000·7.1
Last Harem
1999·5.5
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
1999·5.6
Innocence
1997·7.7
Sawdust Tales
1997·5.6
Nihavend Mucize
1997·4.9
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996·6.6
The 80th Step
1996·9.0
Amerikalı
1993·5.2
Two Women
1992·5.7
Cloud in Love
1991·7.5
Time of Death
1990·8.0
Ishtar
1987·4.6
Half Moon Street
1986·5.1