Birol Ünel

Birthday:
08/18/1961
Place of birth:
Silifke, Mersin, Turkey:
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.

Credits

Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman (2018)
as İvan
Falling (2016)
as Aslan
Plan B - Scheiß auf Plan A (2016)
as Hausmeister
Back to Nothing (2016)
as Kongo
Ich bin dann mal weg (2015)
as Americo
Netekim Karakolu (2015)
Buscando a Eimish (2012)
as Lupô
Showman Olli Schulz (2012)
as Therapeut
Nuit blanche (2011)
as Yilmaz
The Cricket (2011)
as Worker
Soul Kitchen (2009)
as Shayn Weiss
Der Mond und andere Liebhaber (2008)
as Gansar
Valerie (2007)
as Jaro
Die Unerzogenen (2007)
as Axel
Das Haus der schlafenden Schönen (2006)
as Herr Gold
Transylvania (2006)
as Tchangalo
Hırsız Var! (2005)
as Pamir
Kalbin Zamanı (2004)
as Demir
Almanya Rüyası (2004)
as Birol Ünel
Gegen die Wand (2004)
as Cahit Tomruk
Not a Lovestory (2004)
as Guru
König der Diebe (2003)
as Birol
Der gestohlene Mond (2003)
as Nick
Brombeerchen (2002)
as Sylvester
Anam (2002)
as Hasan
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
as Politruk
Planet Alex (2001)
as Milan
Im Juli (2000)
as Club Doyen
Auslandstournee (2000)
as Osman
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)
as Günther
Fremde Freundin (1999)
as Moritz
Dealer (1999)
as Erdal
Das Frankfurter Kreuz (1998)
as Mustafa
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur (1997)
Landgang für Ringo (1996)
as Yusuf
Mau Mau (1992)
as Schulte
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom (1990)
Der Passagier - Welcome to Germany (1988)
North Pole

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