Haluk Bilginer played Dr Ranbir Sartain, Michael Myers's psychiatrist, in Halloween (2018). Directed by David Gordon Green, the film is a direct sequel to the original 1978 Halloween.
What role did Haluk Bilginer play in Halloween?
Haluk Bilginer played Dr Ranbir Sartain in Halloween (2018). Sartain is the psychiatrist treating Michael Myers at the asylum, introduced as a former student of Dr Sam Loomis, the character Donald Pleasence played in the early films. He moves to the centre of the story when Michael starts killing again forty years on.
What is Halloween (2018) about?
Halloween (2018) is a direct sequel to John Carpenter's 1978 film and ignores every sequel in between. Set 40 years after the first film, it follows Michael Myers's escape during a transfer from the asylum and Laurie Strode facing him again.
- Director: David Gordon Green
- Lead: Jamie Lee Curtis as Laurie Strode
- Michael Myers: Nick Castle and James Jude Courtney
- Sequels: Halloween Kills (2021) and Halloween Ends (2022)
What happens to Dr Sartain in Halloween (2018)?
This section gives away the ending. As the film goes on, it emerges that Sartain has become obsessed with Michael Myers and orchestrated his escape to study him outside the hospital. After Deputy Hawkins incapacitates Michael, Sartain attacks Hawkins and leaves him for dead, then drives toward Laurie Strode's house with an unconscious Michael and Allyson in the back seat. Michael wakes and kills Sartain while Allyson flees.
Who is Haluk Bilginer?
Haluk Bilginer is a stage, film and television actor born in İzmir in 1954. He trained at LAMDA (the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) in London and began his career in Britain.
- EastEnders: played Mehmet Osman in the BBC series in the second half of the 1980s.
- Winter Sleep (2014): lead role in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
- Şahsiyet (2018): won the 2019 International Emmy for Best Actor for this series.
Where can you watch Haluk Bilginer's Halloween film?
Halloween (2018) is on streaming platforms along with the rest of the series, though the platforms carrying it in Turkey change over time. Where the film fits in the series and the watching order are in Halloween movies in order, and the series' characters are in Halloween characters.
Sources: Wikipedia, Halloween (2018 film), Wikipedia, Haluk Bilginer and the International Emmy Awards.