Cast

Haluk Bilginer

1954

Active years (films on this site)

1997–2024

Genres

DramaThrillerHistoryActionComedy

Schools and movements

Turkish CinemaIndian Parallel CinemaLatin American CinemaWomen Directors

Directors worked with

Zeki Demirkubuz1 filmFerzan Özpetek1 filmDerviş Zaim1 filmOnur Ünlü1 filmMira Nair1 filmPablo Larraín1 film

Biography

Nihat Haluk Bilginer is a Turkish actor. For his role in Şahsiyet (2018), Bilginer won the Best Actor award at the 47th International Emmy Awards. His movie 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 there for his role as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s. He has also starred in Hollywood movies as a character actor, including The International (2009), W.E. (2011), Ben-Hur (2016), Halloween (2018) and Maria (2024). He often plays villains and unsympathetic characters.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

International

• International Emmy Award for Best Actor

6 films on this site

1. Masumiyet 1997 · Zeki Demirkubuz · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
2. Harem Suare 1999 · Ferzan Özpetek · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
3. Filler ve Çimen 2000 · Derviş Zaim · IMDb 7.0 · Cast
4. Polis 2007 · Onur Ünlü · IMDb 6.6 · Cast
5. The Reluctant Fundamentalist 2012 · Mira Nair · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
6. Maria 2024 · Pablo Larraín · IMDb 6.4 · Cast