---
name: "Haluk Bilginer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/haluk-bilginer"
fi1m_id: "haluk-bilginer"
imdb_id: "nm0082211"
tmdb_id: 117640
wikidata_id: "Q470210"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-18T09:31:08.279474+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Haluk Bilginer

## Identity

Haluk Bilginer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/haluk-bilginer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** haluk-bilginer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0082211
- **TMDB ID:** 117640
- **Wikidata ID:** Q470210
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haluk_Bilginer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117640

Actor. Born 5 June 1954 in İzmir, Turkey.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1954, İzmir, Turkey
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** Nihat Haluk Bilginer, هالوک بیلگینر
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 2000s 77 (1), 2020s 57 (1)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $15m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haluk_Bilginer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470210, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082211/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117640

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Maria*](https://film.one/film/maria.md) (57)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Haluk Bilginer is a Turkish actor. Born in İzmir in 1954, he trained at the Ankara State Conservatory and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

He is known in the United Kingdom for playing Mehmet Osman in the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* (1985–1989). In Turkey and internationally he has appeared in films including *Winter Sleep* (2014), which won the Palme d'Or, *Halloween* (2018), *Ben-Hur* (2016) and *Maria* (2024), in which he played Aristotle Onassis. For his performance in the series *Şahsiyet* (2018) he received the International Emmy Award for Best Actor.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Maria* (2024), Fi1m 57, as Aristotle Onassis — [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *Spooks* (2002), Fi1m 77, as Emre Celenk — [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Ishtar* (1987), Fi1m 72, as Guerrilla leader — [page](https://film.one/film/ishtar.md)

## Complete filmography (95)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Eighth Family* (2025), series, Actor
- *Yan Yana* (2025), as Refik
- *Lovers & Liars* (2025), series, as Kadir
- *Maria* (2024), as Aristotle Onassis — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/maria.md)
- *The Veil* (2024), series, as Mr. Demir
- *The Turkish Detective* (2023), series, as Çetin İkmen
- *Hot Skull* (2022), series, as Haluk
- *Wild Abandon* (2022), series, as Berhudar
- *Baba* (2022), series, as Emin Saruhanlı
- *Stuck Apart* (2021), as Erbil
- *Şeref Bey* (2021), series, as Şeref
- *Leyla Everlasting* (2020), as Adem
- *Alex Rider* (2020), series, as Dr. Greif
- *Noah Land* (2019), as Ibrahim
- *Halloween* (2018), as Dr. Sartain
- *Persona* (2018), series, as Agâh Beyoğlu
- *Forget About Nick* (2017), as Nick
- *Shelter* (2017), as Ahmet
- *Cingöz Recai* (2017), as Başkomiser Mehmet Rıza
- *Trendy* (2017), as Hasan
- *The Bank of Broken Hearts* (2017), as Yusuf Yağmur
- *The Ottoman Lieutenant* (2017), as Khalil Bey
- *Black Letter* (2017), series, as Oğuz Karahan
- *The Last Schnitzel* (2017), as The President
- *Innocent* (2017), series, as Cevdet Bayrakçı
- *Ben-Hur* (2016), as Simonides
- *A Long Cold Winter* (2014), Actor
- *Evliya Çelebi ve Ölümsüzlük Suyu* (2014), as Evliya Çelebi (voice)
- *Rosewater* (2014), as Baba Akbar
- *Winter Sleep* (2014), as Aydın
- *Kaçak* (2013), series, as Faysal Mengen
- *The Reluctant Fundamentalist* (2013), as Nazmi Kemal
- *Hayatımın Rolü* (2012), series, as Müşfik/Yaşar
- *Acayip Hikayeler* (2012), series, as Sinan (Gecenin Avcısı)
- *Öldürme Üzerine - Acayip Hikayeler* (2012), as Sinan
- *Antonius and Cleopatra* (2012), as Antonius
- *W.E.* (2011), as Al Fayed
- *İstanbul'un Altınları* (2011), series, as Reşat Altın
- *7* (2011), as Translator
- *Çanakkale Çocukları* (2011), as Kasim
- *Cuma'ya Kalsa* (2010), series, as Cuma
- *Five Minarets in New York* (2010), as Hacı
- *7 Husbands for Hurmuz* (2009), as Cebrail
- *The Watercolor-Suluboya* (2009), Actor
- *Ezel* (2009), series, as Kenan Birkan
- *Sıkı Dostlar* (2009), series, as Hikmet
- *The International* (2009), as Ahmet Sunay
- *A Son of the Sun* (2008), as Alper Canan
- *Cars of the Revolution* (2008), as Necip
- *Nerede Kalmıştık* (2008), series, as Ateş
- *Sevgili Dünürüm* (2007), series, as Ahmet
- *Police* (2007), as Musa Rami
- *15 Minutes Over Low Heat* (2006), as Muhtar
- *Killing the Shadows* (2006), as Karagöz
- *Yine de Aşığım* (2005), series, as Ali
- *Robbery Alla Turca* (2005), as Seçkin Doruk
- *Yes, Minister* (2004), series, as Samim Bayraktar
- *Disappeared* (2004), as Inspector Yilmaz
- *Where's Firuze?* (2004), as Hayri Kalıpçı
- *The Hittites: A Civilization that Changed the World* (2003), as King Hattuþili III
- *Buffalo Soldiers* (2002), as The Turk
- *Spooks* (2002), series, as Emre Celenk — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/spooks.md)
- *Sweet Life* (2001), series, as İhsan Yıldırım
- *Cesur Kuşku* (2001), series, as Cesur
- *Running in the Dark* (2001), series, as Ali
- *Elephants and Grass* (2000), as Sabit Üzücü
- *Beans* (2000), as Bilge Dede
- *Eyvah Kızım Büyüdü* (2000), series, as Sedat Çolak
- *Güle Güle* (2000), as Zinnur
- *Last Harem* (1999), as Abdülhamit II
- *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert* (1999), as Col. Ismet Bay
- *Eyvah Babam* (1998), series, as Sedat Çolak
- *Innocence* (1997), as Bekir
- *Nihavend Mucize* (1997), as Erol
- *Sawdust Tales* (1997), as Aaron
- *Istanbul Beneath My Wings* (1996), as Evliya Çelebi
- *The 80th Step* (1996), as Savcı
- *Gülşen Abi* (1994), series, as Abidin Özbidin / Gülşen Abla
- *Amerikalı* (1993), Actor
- *Borsa* (1993), series, as Reha Çalık
- *Son Söz Sevginin* (1993), series, Actor
- *Two Women* (1992), Actor
- *Cloud in Love* (1991), as Atila
- *Time of Death* (1990), as Ömer
- *Gecenin Öteki Yüzü* (1987), series, Actor
- *Ishtar* (1987), as Guerrilla leader — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/ishtar.md)
- *Ateşten Günler* (1987), series, as Ahmet Rıfkı
- *Half Moon Street* (1986), as First Arab
- *Murder of a Moderate Man* (1985), series, Actor
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, as Mehmet Osman — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *The Bill* (1984), series, Actor
- *Bergerac* (1981), series, as Ahmed
- *The Strange Tale of Gustav Maier*, series, Actor
- *Güneye Giderken*, as Turgay
- *Beneath the Hagia Sophia*, as Narrator

## Gallery

- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-877f0a97203c.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Serkan Yakın, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Haluk_Bilginer2022.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-67281c01136d.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-af00ddd84554.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-27438f04d843.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-8b23ea34fd9b.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-487c1a033819.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB
- ![Haluk Bilginer](https://film.one/media/person/10084/gallery-cbc69a0247f4.jpg) Haluk Bilginer — Image via TMDB

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