Haluk Bilginer
Date of Birth: 05 Jun 1954
Country: Turkey
Biography: Nihat Haluk Bilginer 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.
Total Credits at Criticker: 63 (Actor)
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A story about the tragedy and the danger of humor and the humorist - A comedy as grand as the Lands of Rome... (imdb)
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As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted... (imdb)
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Released from prison after serving a 10-year sentence, Yusuf finds himself in a cheap hotel in Izmir where he meets a woman, a man, and a child who will complicate his life in unexpected ways, as he tries to survive in a society where social turbulence, an economic crisis, and an unstable political situation have created a new reality. (Cornell.edu)
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Sawdust Tales is a whimsical and timeless parable on survival in hard times and the force of a first love against all odds... (imdb)
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Revolves around six different stories that eventually merge into a common theme. There's Hawa, who hopes running the Eurasia Marathon will win her the money she needs to help her crippled brother; a local Mafioso who kills a hotel owner; the hotel owner's son; and various corrupt politicians, state officials, and cocaine smugglers... (All Movie Guide)
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Musa Rami, who has become a legend with his struggle against the mafia, is a police officer at homicide division. One day prior to celebrating his 63rd birthday, with a surprise party arranged by his family, he finds out that he has cancer and two months left before his death. In these two months, will he be able to fight against the mafia... (imdb)
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Takes place in a french restaurant called "Le Chic" in Istanbul where many different people come together, and shows what happens in 15 minutes in the live of several people working or visiting this restaurant. (Yahoo! Movies)
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With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection... (imdb)
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Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens... (imdb)
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5 buddies all of them over 60 unite in their homeplace island where they spent their childhood. (IMDB Comments)
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The duty of taking the tax return forms of the villagers to the big city is assigned to a naive young guy. The villagers trust him, and hand their tax return forms to him. Taking the forms along with the lunchbox full of beans his mother cooked for him, he's underway. But he meets some weird people on the way, who also run into some other weird people, and things start to follow an unexpected path for everyone involved, bringing hillarious moments along. (imdb)
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert (1992) - Direct-to-Video
T.E. Lawrence suggests his old friend and pen-pal Indiana Jones (aka Henri Defense) for an undercover mission in Gaza, where Indy befriends some members of the Australian Lighthorseman Regiment. The British plan to attack Beersheba but have to cross a grueling desert to do so. To get into Beersheba first, Indy poses as an Arab trader and is accompanied by a 'belly dancer' named Maya.
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During the 60's military regime in Turkey, the president orders for the first Turkish car to be constructed. A bunch of train engineers try to make it in a strict deadline, and hard situations.
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The story takes us back to the 17th century Istanbul, and the powerful times of the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Murad IV. Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi, Logari Celebi, Bekri Mustafa and Evliya Celebi are four good friends who do research to enable human beings to fly. (imdb)
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Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering illegal activities including money laundering, arms trading, and the destabilization of governments, Salinger and Whitman's investigation takes them from Berlin to Milan to New York and to Istanbul.
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The story is about a man(Erol) who cannot help himself thinking his late mother..Erol (Haluk Bilginer)always calls her mother, but one day she returns, and the story begins. (imdb)
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An expressionist and self conscious version of classical Turkish musical. A woman with 7 husband during the Ottoman era.
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Though in contemporary discussions of ancient history they are often relegated to little more than a footnote, The Hittites once reigned as one of the most powerful tribes in the Middle East. By translating scripts and glyphs emblazoned on tablets several millennia ago, this program recounts the dramatic tale of the group and its legacy, thus transporting the audience some 3,500 years back in time. A combination of interviews and dramatic reenactments bring to life seminal Hittite turning points (answers.com)
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A man's travels to his past who lacks all kind of emotions especially fear and happiness.
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Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic terrorist: DAJJAL, believed to be hiding in there. Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of Hadji Gumus, a well-respected Muslim scholar and family man who years before fled to the United States after being released from a Turkish prison, where he served time for murder. (imdb)
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A prostitute lays a rape charge against a politician and an unexpected friendship develops between her and the politician's wife.
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Kathrine is British with Australian roots. Her husband Kasim is an important member of the party "Unity and Development". The couple has two sons, Osman and James. Osman is sent to the mines in the country, and James to England in order to study. For Kathrine all starts with the separation from her sons. She has consistently horrible nightmares that her two sons will kill each other. This drives her almost crazy. (kinostar.com)
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Aydin, a former actor, runs a small hotel in central Anatolia with his young wife Nihal with whom he has a stormy relationship and his sister Necla who is suffering from her recent divorce. In winter as the snow begins to fall, the hotel turns into a shelter but also an inescapable place that fuels their animosities... (imdb)
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A journalist is detained in Iran for more than 100 days and brutally interrogated in prison. (imdb)
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Ezel (2009) - TV Series
Betrayed by his trusted friends and the woman he loved, Ömer Uçar returns as Ezel to exact his vengeance.
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Sevgili Dünürüm (2007) - TV Series
Tragicomic adventures of two families who are bonded by the marriage of their children.
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Tatlı Hayat (2001) - TV Series
A Turkish remake of "The Jeffersons". With Ihsan Yildirim's cleaning business booming, he insists his family leave the "plain folks" and move up to Etiler with the "fancy folks." It is Ihsan's hope that relocation and his newly acquired wealth will mean the end of his problems in general and his troubles with neighbors in specific. But life in a luxurious high rise holds some unexpected pitfalls for the Yildirims.
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Gülsen Abi (1994) - TV Series
Haluk Bilginer plays the role of a journalist/adviser responding to the readers' letters.
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A falsely accused Jewish nobleman survives years of slavery to take vengeance on his Roman best friend, who betrayed him. (imdb)
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The Ottoman Lieutenant is a love story between an idealistic American nurse and a Turkish officer in World War I. (imdb)
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Masum (2017) - TV Mini-Series
Retired police officer Cevdet and his wife have a quiet and ordinary life in the country, but one day they a friend of their son arrives with terrible news, and their lives turn upside down.
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Based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, set in Istanbul, the tragic story of three heroes chasing an unlikely dream, running towards their sad end in a Shakespearean manner. (imdb)
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Adaptation from Peyami Safa's novel, tells a story about a conman named Cingöz Recai.
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LEMON TREE meets JOHN LE CARRÉ in a subtle thriller set in Germany involving Mona, a Lebanese woman, and Naomi, an Israeli Mossad agent sent to protect their informant while recovering from plastic surgery for her new identity. Mona and Naomi - together for two weeks in a quiet apartment in Hamburg. A safe house. A shelter. No one saw what was coming, no one knew that this supposedly quiet fortnight would turn into an abyss and that shelter would need to be found elsewhere. (betacinema.com)
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Is the ex of your ex your friend or your foe? That's the question Jade (Ingrid Bolsø Berdal) is confronted with when Maria (Katja Riemann) turns up on the doorstep of her New Yorker penthouse. Nick has just recently dumped Jade for a younger woman - just like he once dumped his ex-wife Maria for the younger Jade. Nick owns this luxury apartment that now both women have a claim to - and they somehow have to come to an arrangement. (filmfestival.cologne)
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Richard, a 30 year-old teacher, moves to East London, where he discovers hipsters, cockneys, immigrants and conflict. He discovers the East End: its nights, its drugs, its people, but the big city is not a welcoming place. Faced with rejection and abuse, Richard's past demons resurface and let loose his violent instincts. (imdb)
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Şahsiyet (2018) - TV Mini-Series
A man diagnosed with Alzheimer's decides to punish criminals. (imdb)
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This movie is about a son who is trying to bury his father under "Noah's tree", but local people think that this tree planted by prophet Noah ages ago, so they don't let the son bury his father at there.
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Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago. (imdb)
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The Last Schnitzel (2017) - Short Film
When the president of The Grand Turkish Republic demands a schnitzel before allowing any Turks to leave the vanishing earth, his hapless assistant Kamil must come up with the fried meat, despite the chickens being dead for over 200 years. (imdb)
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Gecenin Öteki Yüzü (1987) - TV Mini-Series
Based on Füruzan's book, this mini-series tells the story of a young single mother who lost her husband in 40's Turkey.
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Filmde bir kadının işkence gördükten sonra hayata tutunma çabası anlatılır. Sıkıyönetim ilan edildikten sonra Sibel ve Atilla, bütün kitaplarını yakarlar. Tutuklanmaların olduğu bir gece evlerine baskın düzenlenir. Sibel tutuklanır. Uzun bir süre, Sibel’e dair hiçbir ize rastlanmaz. Bir süre sonra Sibel serbest bırakılır. İşkenceden sonra benliğini tamamen kaybeden Sibel, hayata tutunmaya çalışır. Fakat kocası Atilla’nın Sibel’in gözaltında yaşadıkla
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Alex Rider (2020) - TV Series
The adventures of a reluctant teenage spy on his missions to save the world.
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Leyla and Adam have had a happy marriage for years. However, after a while, their marriage becomes a dead end. The excitement in their marriage is now gone, and Adam falls into a love that causes his heart to beat again. Adem, who falls in love with the woman named Nergis who comes across this period, cannot think of anyone other than Nergis. However, Nergis, who took the mind of Adam, has no intention of moving to another life from the one-man world he founded.
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Heading towards his middle ages, Aziz is not content with his life. He doesn't like his job, which he works in for years, and where he falls further away from his dreams. He cannot find peace at home either, since his sister and her family start living in his house after his brother-in-law goes broke.
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Şeref Bey (2021) - TV Series
Seref Bey, who emigrated from Albania to Turkey and is among the best cooks, sets off for a new life. (imdb)
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Hayatimin Rolü (2012) - TV Series
The fun story of a father who wants to see his children, plays the role of a nanny. (imdb)
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Uysallar (2022) - TV Series
In the haze of a midlife crisis, an architect begins living a double life as a punk while members of his family lead their own crisis-ridden lives.
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Baba (2022) - TV Series
The life of Emin Saruhanli, who has been at odds with his brother Mehmet Ali for years, will be told that suddenly changed with the plane crash. (imdb)
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Sıcak Kafa (2022) - TV Mini-Series
In a dystopian world, as an epidemic spreads through verbal communication, a tyrannical institution pursues a linguist immune to the disease. (netflix.com) Based on Afsin Kum's 2016 novel of the same name.
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Istanbul'un Altinlari (2011) - TV Series
Resat is the Istanbul gentleman who lost his wife fifteen years ago, who did not smell a single rose, and whose only daughter did not approve. Resat is trying to protect his family and his apartment from his neighbors; His mother, Saadet, will negotiate very well with his new neighbors. (imdb)
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Cuma'ya Kalsa (2010) - TV Series
Cuma is a lovely man who loves his wife and children very much. They lead a happy family life with his wife Sebnem and their children Cagla, Melis and Berk. (imdb) Turkish adaptation of ''According to Jim''
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Yine de Aşığım (2005) - TV Series
Director Ali and Public Relations Specialist Ayse are a newly married couple, learning about the daily rules and conflicts of marriage. (imdb) Turkish adaptation of ''Mad About You''
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The Turkish Detective (2023) - TV Series
Haluk Bilginer, Ethan Kai, Yasemin Kay Allen, Erol Afsin, Uygar Tamer, Deniz Ülkü, Oral
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1977: Maria Callas, once the world’s greatest opera diva, lives in seclusion in Paris with her staff and her two poodles. Her health is getting worse and worse. Then she receives a request to go on tour again. Will La Callas sing again? And if so, for whom?
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