Nihat Haluk Bilginer, famously recognized as Haluk Bilginer, is a prominent Turkish actor whose career spans over three decades and has appeared in several hit projects.
Haluk Bilginer rose to prominence as Mehmet Osman in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s and is the first Turkish personality to win an Emmy award.
So let’s explore the Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer, one of Hollywood’s most renowned Middle East personalities.
All about Haluk Bilginer
Haluk Bilginer was born and raised in İzmir, Turkey. Likewise, Haluk developed an interest in acting from childhood and decided to try it after graduating from the Ankara State Conservatory. Following his dreams, Haluk enrolled himself in the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Similarly, Haluk made a huge name from his screen debut in the television soap opera EastEnders during the 1980s as Mehmet Osman.
Haluk Bilginer was among EastEnders’ most well-liked male cast members in the 1980s. Despite portraying a villain and a womanizing snake, he received fan letters. According to Hilary Kingsley, Bilginer’s charm and good looks in the Omar Sharif mold gave the character such a following.
After receiving tremendous praise for his work in EastEnders, Haluk went on to star in the Turkish television program Gecenin Teki Yüzü (The Other Side of the Night), where he met his future first wife, Zuhal Olcay, a well-known Turkish actress and singer.
After spending six years alternating between London and Istanbul, he decided to settle permanently in Turkey and wed Olcay in 1992. He appeared as Smet Nönü in a Young Indiana Jones episode as a guest character before going on to star in the Yavuz zkan movie “ki Kadn” (Two Women).
Later, he appeared in several films, such as the polarizing Istanbul Kanatlarmn Altnda (Istanbul Under My Wings) and the well-known Usta Beni ldürsene (Master, Kill Me).
After receiving positive reviews for these parts, he won his first award for his work as a supporting actor in Masumiyet (Innocence).
Further works and accolades
Bilginer played Ahmet Sunay, a Turkish high-tech missile guidance system vendor, in the 2009 American thriller The International. Likewise, he also starred in Winter Sleep, which won the Palme d’Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival as Aydin.
In the slasher sequel Halloween from 2018, Bilginer portrays Dr. Ranbir Sartain, Michael Myers’ new psychiatrist. He also played a former court clerk diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in the TV series Ahsiyet, earning him an International Emmy Award for Best Actor.
He portrayed the main antagonist, Dr. Greif, in the first season of the popular Prime Video series Alex Rider, based on Anthony Horowitz’s best-selling novels, in 2020.
Furthermore, Bilginer will play etin kmen, the fictional Istanbul detective created by Barbara Nadel, in the 2022 Paramount+ series The Turkish Detective.
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