Highest rated as cast or director
Persona
2018 · 2 Seasons
Sweet Life
2001 · 3 Seasons
Winter Sleep
2014
Innocent
2017 · 1 Season
Yan Yana
2025
Where's Firuze?
2004
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.
Acted in 94
2020s
- 2025
- 2024
A Long Cold Winter
Movie
- 2023
The Turkish Detective
Çetin İkmen · 8 episodes
- 2022
- 2021
Şeref Bey
Şeref · 10 episodes
- 2020
2010s
- 2019
Noah Land
Ibrahim
- 2018
- 2017
Forget About Nick
Nick
Trendy
Hasan
The Bank of Broken Hearts
Yusuf Yağmur
Black Letter
Oğuz Karahan · 6 episodes
The Last Schnitzel
The President
- 2016
- 2014
A Long Cold Winter
Movie
Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- 2013
- 2012
Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler
Sinan
Acayip Hikayeler
Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı) · 1 episode
Antonius and Cleopatra
Antonius
- 2011
İstanbul'un Altınları
Reşat Altın · 16 episodes
7
Movie
Çanakkale Çocukları
Kasim
- 2010
Cuma'ya Kalsa
Cuma · 12 episodes
2000s
- 2009
7 Husbands for Hurmuz
Cebrail
The Watercolor-Suluboya
Movie
Sıkı Dostlar
Hikmet · 23 episodes
- 2008
A Son of the Sun
Alper Canan
Cars of the Revolution
Necip
Nerede Kalmıştık
Ateş · 13 episodes
- 2007
Police
Musa Rami
- 2006
15 Minutes Over Low Heat
Muhtar
Killing the Shadows
Karagöz
- 2005
Yine de Aşığım
Ali · 12 episodes
Robbery Alla Turca
Seçkin Doruk
- 2004
Disappeared
Inspector Yilmaz
- 2003
- 2002
Buffalo Soldiers
The Turk
- 2001
Cesur Kuşku
Cesur · 6 episodes
Running in the Dark
Ali · 10 episodes
- 2000
Elephants and Grass
Sabit Üzücü
Beans
Bilge Dede
Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
Sedat Çolak · 34 episodes
YANLIŞ İÇERİK
TV
Güle Güle
Zinnur
1990s
- 1999
Last Harem
Abdülhamit II
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
Col. Ismet Bay
- 1998
Eyvah Babam
Sedat Çolak · 39 episodes
- 1997
Innocence
Bekir
Sawdust Tales
Aaron
Nihavend Mucize
Erol
- 1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Evliya Çelebi
The 80th Step
Savcı
- 1994
- 1993
Amerikalı
Movie
Borsa
Reha Çalık · 11 episodes
- 1992
- 1991
Laf Lafı Açıyor
TV
Cloud in Love
Atila
- 1990
Time of Death
Ömer
1980s
- 1987
Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
TV
Ateşten Günler
Ahmet Rıfkı · 4 episodes
- 1986
Half Moon Street
First Arab
- 1985
- 1984
- 1981
Other crew 1
2010s
- 2011
7
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