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EastEnders Mehmet Osman star Haluk Bilginer unrecognisable with bushy grey beard 39 years since soap
Haluk Bilginer played Mehmet Osman in EastEnders in the late 80s before he was written out – now Haluk is starring in brand-new crime thriller The Turkish Detective
His character, the brother of Ali Osman (played by Nejdet Salih), was introduced by soap writers Tony Holland and Julia Smith to represent London's growing Turkish Cypriot community. Despite being absent from English-language films for a while, Haluk made a return in 2009 with the American thriller The International, where he played the role of high-tech missile guidance system dealer Ahmet Sunay. In 2014, he bagged the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival for his role in Winter Sleep, and in 2018, he scooped an Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor for his portrayal of Agah Beyoglu in the Turkish crime drama Sahsiyet (Persona).
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