Birol Ünel
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Birol Ünel (born 18 August 1961) was a Turkish-German actor who played in German and Turkish films, television, and theatrical productions. His name, "Birol", means "unique" in Turkish. Ünel was born in Mersin in southern Turkey. In 1968, his family moved to Brinkum near Bremen in Germany. He studied acting at Hanover Conservatory. Ünel began as a theatre actor at the Berliner Tacheles where he played the lead and also directed the play "Caligula". Ünel made his film debut in 1988's The Passenger. He played a private detective in the film Dealer which he followed up with a role in Fatih Akın's Im Juli. Birol then acted in the award winning Gegen die Wand as Cahit Tomruk. He won the German film prize for best actor for this role. His latest films have been Transylvania, Seven Heroes and Soul Kitchen. Ünel also acted in the hit Turkish film Hırsız var! in 2005. Description above from the Wikipedia article Birol Ünel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (39)
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman2018İvan
Falling2016Aslan
Plan B2016Hausmeister
Back to Nothing2016Kongo
I'm Off Then2015Americo
Netekim Karakolu2015
Looking for Eimish2012Lupô
Showman Olli Schulz2012Therapeut
Sleepless Night2011Yilmaz- The Cricket2011Worker
Soul Kitchen2009Shayn Weiss
The Moon and Other Lovers2008Gansar
Valerie2007Jaro
The Unpolished2007Axel
House of the Sleeping Beauties2006Herr Gold
Transylvania2006Tchangalo
Robbery Alla Turca2005Pamir
Kalbin Zamanı2004Demir
German Dream2004Birol Ünel
Head-On2004Cahit Tomruk- Not a Lovestory2004Guru
King of Thieves2003Birol- Der gestohlene Mond2003Nick
Blackberry2002Sylvester
My Mother2002Hasan
Enemy at the Gates2001Politruk- Planet Alex2001Milan
In July2000Club Doyen- Tour Abroad2000Osman
- Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht1999Günther
Shows (15)
- KRIMI.DE2005Herr Weiß
- Leute am Donnerstag2004himself
- Inspektor Rolle2002Tschokan Bischkek
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz2000Bernd Schlegel
Der Clown1998Cosmo Nunnari
Tierarzt Dr. Engel1998Siggi Kirchlechner
Dead Pool1997Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'- Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord1996Dieter Lohmann
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police1996Harkan Bülent
Balko1995Tobias Wölke
Der Fahnder1984Nick Peters
A Case For Two1981Klaus
Auf Achse1980Kemal
Scene of the Crime1970Houari Al'Bakr- German Film Award1951Self