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
Halloween
(2018)
Dr. Ranbir Sartain
Halloween Kills
(2021)
Dr. Ranbir Sartain (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ben-Hur
(2016)
Simonides
The International
(2009)
Ahmet Sunay
Winter Sleep
(2014)
Aydın
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
(2013)
Nazmi Kemal
W.E.
(2011)
Al Fayed
Buffalo Soldiers
(2002)
The Turk
The Ottoman Lieutenant
(2017)
Khalil Bey
Rosewater
(2014)
Baba Akbar
Ishtar
(1987)
Guerrilla leader
Five Minarets in New York
(2010)
Hacı
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert