Haluk Bilginer

Nihat Haluk Bilginer (born 5 June 1954, İzmir, Turkey) is a Turkish movie, television and stage actor.

Haluk Bilginer
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Haluk Bilginer in 2022
Born
Nihat Haluk Bilginer

(1954-06-05)June 5, 1954
NationalityTurkish
Alma materAnkara State Conservatory,
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationMovie, television and stage actor
Years active1978–present
Spouse(s)
Zuhal Olcay
(m. 1992; div. 2004)

Aşkın Nur Yengi
(m. 2006; div. 2012)
Children1

He has appeared in more than 120 movies, television series and in theatre roles. He has starred in genres such as comedy, drama, adventure and crime stories. In addition to starring in Turkish movies and television series, he also stars in foreign movies and television series, including in Hollywood movies. He often plays villains and unsympathetic characters.

Haluk Bilginer in 2005

Filmography

Films

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Half Moon Street First Arab
1987 Ishtar Guerrilla leader
Lionheart Merchant
1996 Istanbul Beneath My Wings Evliya Celebi
1997 Masumiyet Bekir Best Supporting Actor – won Golden Orange at International Antalya Film Festival
Won Jean Carment Award at Angers European First Film Festival
1999 The Raindrop
Harem Suare
2000 Beans The imaginary old man
2001 Elephants and Grass
2001 Buffalo Soldiers The Turk
2004 Where's Firuze? Hayri
2004 She's Gone Inspector Yilmaz
2005 Robbery Alla Turca
2006 Killing the Shadows
2008 Cars of the Revolution
Son of the Sun
2009 The International Ahmet Sunay
2010 Five Minarets in New York Hadji
2011 W.E. Mohamed Al-Fayed
2012 The Reluctant Fundamentalist Nazmi Kemal
2014 Rosewater Baba Akbar
2014 Winter Sleep Aydin Best Actor – won FIPRESCI Prize at Palm Springs International Film Festival
the film won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Prize
2016 Ben-Hur Simonides
2017 Forget About Nick Nick
2017 The Ottoman Lieutenant Halil Bey
2017 Trendy Hasan
2017 Refuge Ahmet
2018 Halloween Dr. Ranbir Sartain
2019 Noah Land Ibrahim
2020 Leyla Everlasting Adem
2021 Stuck Apart Erbil

TV series

Year Title Role Notes
1984 The Glory Boys Arab Driver
1985–89 EastEnders Mehmet Osman
1985 Bergerac Ahmet Episode "Avenge O Lord"
1991 Memories of Midnight Dino Mattusi TV mini series
1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Colonel Ismet Bey Episode "Palestine, October 1917"
1999 The Bill Guest Star/Olly Episode "The Three Sergeants"
2001 Karanlıkta Koşanlar Ali Turkish TV series
2001 Tatlı Hayat Ihsan Yıldırım Turkish TV series, a remake of The Jeffersons
2004 Spooks Emre Celenk Episode "Persephone"[1]
2004–05 Sayın Bakanım Samim Bayraktar (TV series, a remake of British TV series Yes Minister)
2010–11 Ezel Kenan Birkan
2012 Acayip Hikayeler Sinan
2014 Kaçak Ustura Faysal
2016 New Blood John Malik 2 episodes
2017 Masum Cevdet
2017 Kara Yazı Oğuz
2018 Şahsiyet Agâh Beyoglu Winner – Best Performance by an Actor at the 47th International Emmy Awards
2020 Alex Rider Dr Greif Main role
2021 Şeref Bey Leading role

References

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