1. Haluk Bilginer has starred in Hollywood movies as a character actor, including Halloween.
13 Facts About Haluk Bilginer
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Haluk Bilginer graduated from the Ankara State Conservatory in 1977 before going to England where he graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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Haluk Bilginer landed his first role in the long running UK soap opera EastEnders.
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Haluk Bilginer made his first appearance in EastEnders as Mehmet Osman on-screen in June 1985, four months after the show originally aired.
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Haluk Bilginer's arrival coincides with a cot death storyline of Sue and Ali's baby, Hassan.
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Haluk Bilginer was accompanied by legendary actress Turkan Soray who has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide with 222 films to her name in the Guinness Book of Records, Asuman Dabak playing the witty cleaner, Neco playing the Greek neighbor and Colpan Ilhan playing Neco's wife.
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Haluk Bilginer has said that he will work in all of Onur Unlu's movies, even as an extra if required.
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Haluk Bilginer played the role of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in an Is Bank commercial, which first aired on 10 November 2007 during the 69th commemorations of Ataturk's death.
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Haluk Bilginer co-starred in the 2009 American thriller The International as Ahmet Sunay, a Turkish high-tech missile guidance system dealer.
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Haluk Bilginer was accompanied by Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in this movie.
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Haluk Bilginer joined in second season of hit series Ezel.
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In 2018, Haluk Bilginer played Dr Ranbir Sartain, the new psychiatrist of Michael Myers, in the slasher sequel Halloween.
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In 2023, Haluk Bilginer starred as Barbara Nadel's fictional Istanbul detective Cetin Ikmen in the Paramount+ series The Turkish Detective.