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Haluk Bilginer

Actor | * 06/05/1954 (69) | İzmir (Turkey)
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Nihat Haluk Bilginer (Turkish pronunciation: [haˈluk bilɟiˈneɾ]; born 5 June 1954) is a Turkish actor. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards.His film Kış Uykusu won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. 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. ()
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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.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

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A falsely accused nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his best friend who betrayed him. ...

Ben-Hur

Κ-15

2016 | 2.9/5 | 2h 5min
Action, History, Adventure, Drama
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Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. ...

Halloween

K-16

2018 | 3.3/5 | 1h 46min
Horror, Thriller
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Aydin, a retired actor, owns a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal and his sister Necla, who is coping with her recent divorce. During the winter, snow covers the ground and bore ...

Winter Sleep

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2014 | 3.8/5 | 3h 16min
Drama
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After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a retired judicial officer decides to commit a murder that he had been planning for years. ...

Persona

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2018- | 4.1/5 | 1h 7min per episode
Crime, Drama, Mystery
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Awards & Nominations for Haluk Bilginer

International Emmy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Haluk Bilginer as Actor(48)

as Narrator2023 Beneath the Hagia Sophia
as Dr. Ranbir Sartain (archive footage) (uncredited)2021 Halloween Kills
as Erbil2021 Stuck Apart
as Adem2020 Leyla Everlasting
as Ibrahim2019 Noah Land
as Dr. Ranbir Sartain2018 Halloween
as Nick2017 Forget About Nick
as The President2017 The Last Schnitzel
as Hasan2017 Trendy
as Khalil Bey2017 The Ottoman Lieutenant
as Yusuf Yağmur2017 The Bank of Broken Hearts
as Ahmet2017 Shelter
as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza2017 Cingöz Recai
as Simonides2016 Ben-Hur
as Evliya Çelebi (voice)2014 Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu
as Baba Akbar2014 Rosewater
as Aydın2014 Winter Sleep
as Nazmi Kemal2013 The Reluctant Fundamentalist
as Al Fayed2011 W.E.
as Kasim2011 Çanakkale Çocukları
as Hacı2010 Five Minarets in New York
as Ahmet Sunay2009 The International
as Cebrail2009 7 Husbands for Hurmuz
as Alper Canan2008 A Son of the Sun
as Necip2008 Cars of the Revolution
as Musa Rami2007 Police
as Muhtar2006 15 Minutes Over Low Heat
as Karagöz2006 Killing the Shadows
as Seçkin2005 Robbery Alla Turca
as Hayri Kalıpçı2004 Where's Firuze?
as Inspector Yilmaz2004 Disappeared (She's gone)
as King Hattuþili III2003 The Hittites - A Civilization that Changed the World
as The Turk2002 Buffalo Soldiers
as Sabit Üzücü2000 Elephants and Grass
as Bilge Dede2000 Beans
as Zinnur2000 Güle Güle
as Abdülhamit II1999 Last Harem
as Col. Ismet Bay1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert
as Aaron1997 Sawdust Tales
as Erol1997 Nihavend Mucize
as Bekir1997 Innocence
1996 80. Adım
as Evliya Çelebi1996 Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1992 Two Women
as Atila1991 Cloud in Love
as Ömer1990 Ölürayak
as Guerrilla leader1987 Ishtar
as First Arab1986 Half Moon Street

TV Shows/Series with Haluk Bilginer as Actor(34)

as Çetin İkmen2023 The Turkish Detective
as Haluk2022 Hot Skull
as Emin Saruhanlı2022 Baba
as Berhudar2022 Wild Abandon
2021 Şeref Bey
as Dr. Greif2020 Alex Rider
as Agâh Beyoğlu2018 Persona
as Cevdet Bayrakçı2017 Innocent
as Oğuz2017 Black Letter
as Faysal Mengen2013 Kaçak
as Müşfik/Yaşar2012 Hayatımın Rolü
as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)2012 Acayip Hikayeler
as Reşat Altın2011 İstanbul'un Altınları
as Cuma2010 Cuma'ya Kalsa
as Kenan Birkan2009 Ezel
as Hikmet2009 Sıkı Dostlar
as Ahmet2007 Sevgili Dünürüm
as Ali2005 Yine de Aşığım
as Samim Bayraktar2004 Yes, Minister
2002 Spooks
as Ali2001 Running in the Dark
as İhsan Yıldırım2001 Sweet Life
as Cesur2001 Cesur Kuşku
as Sedat2000 Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü
as Colonel Ismet Bey1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
as Sedat Çolak1998 Eyvah Babam
as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla1994 Gülşen Abi
1993 Son Söz Sevginin
1987 Gecenin Öteki Yüzü
1987 Ateşten Günler
as Mehmet Osman1985 EastEnders
1985 Murder of a Moderate Man
1984 The Bill
as Ahmed1981 Bergerac

TV Shows/Series with Haluk Bilginer as Crew(2)

Creator/Creator2017 Innocent
Creator/Creator2009 Sıkı Dostlar

Full Name: Haluk Bilginer
Citizenship: Turkey
Born: Saturday, 06/05 1954 (June) in İzmir (Turkey) (current age: 69 years + 326 days)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: English (EN), Turkish (TR)
Educated at: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Spouses (current/former): Aşkın Nur Yengi, Zuhal Olcay
Other names for Haluk Bilginer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Nihat Haluk Bilginer"
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John Carpenter (7x, Crew)
David Gordon Green (6x, Crew)
Haluk Özenç (6x, Crew)
Leslie Schofield (5x, Actor)
Mustafa Presheva (5x, Crew)
Tolga Örnek (5x, Crew)
Shreela Ghosh (5x, Cast)
Öner Erkan (5x, Actor)
P.K. Hooker (4x, Crew)
Danny McBride (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3645, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024