born 1954 · Acting
62.1avg grm
13titles
#278best rank
1honors
best title · #278 on sitePersona2018 · as Agâh Beyoglu · series69.1Honors
1—International Emmy Award — Best Actor
Bio
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.
Filmography
ranked on this site2020s3 titles
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Yan Yana2025 · as Refik56.7T
The Turkish Detective2023 · as Cetin Ikmen · series63.4B
Baba2022 · as Emin Saruhanli · series64.02010s4 titles
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Noah Land2019 · as Ibrahim53.7PPersona2018 · as Agâh Beyoglu · series69.1I
Innocent2017 · as Cevdet Bayrakci · series65.2W
Winter Sleep2014 · as Aydin78.32000s5 titles
K
Killing the Shadows2006 · as Karagöz57.9W
Where's Firuze?2004 · as Hayri56.6H
Hittites2003 · as III. Hattusili58.0SSweet Life2001 · as Ihsan Yildirim · series64.0B
Beans2000 · as Bilge Dede55.31990s1 title
I
Innocence1997 · as Bekir64.7