Birol Ünel
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1961-08-18
- Died
- 2020-09-03
- 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.
Known For
TV Shows (15)
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Houari Al'Bakr / Gürkan Agban / Rico Baumann / Henkel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Harkan Bülent
A Case For Two
1981
as Klaus
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Der Fahnder
1984
as Nick Peters / Erol
Balko
1995
as Tobias Wölke / Achim Koch
Auf Achse
1980
as Kemal
Der Clown
1998
as Cosmo Nunnari
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
1998
as Siggi Kirchlechner
KRIMI.DE
2005
as Herr Weiß
Leute am Donnerstag
2004
as himself
Inspektor Rolle
2002
as Tschokan Bischkek
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996
as Dieter Lohmann
Dead Pool
1997
as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
2000
as Bernd Schlegel
Movies (39)
Enemy at the Gates
2001
as Politruk
Head-On
2004
as Cahit Tomruk
North Pole
Sleepless Night
2011
as Yilmaz
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
Soul Kitchen
2009
as Shayn Weiss
King of Thieves
2003
as Birol
House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
as Herr Gold
Transylvania
2006
as Tchangalo
In July
2000
as Club Doyen
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018
as İvan
I'm Off Then
2015
as Americo
Plan B
2016
as Hausmeister
Netekim Karakolu
2015
Looking for Eimish
2012
as Lupô
Kalbin Zamanı
2004
as Demir
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
as Pamir
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
Blackberry
2002
as Sylvester
The Moon and Other Lovers
2008
as Gansar
Tour Abroad
2000
as Osman
Planet Alex
2001
as Milan
Frankfurt Millennium
1998
as Mustafa
Mau Mau
1992
as Schulte
Dealer
1999
as Erdal
Landgang für Ringo
1996
as Yusuf
The Unpolished
2007
as Axel
My Mother
2002
as Hasan
Back to Nothing
2016
as Kongo
German Dream
2004
as Birol Ünel
Der gestohlene Mond
2003
as Nick
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
Unknown Friend
1999
as Moritz
The Cricket
2011
as Worker
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999
as Günther
Valerie
2007
as Jaro
Not a Lovestory
2004
as Guru
Falling
2016
as Aslan
Showman Olli Schulz
2012
as Therapeut
About Birol Ünel
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 play… With 54 credits spanning from 1951 to 2018, Birol Ünel has appeared in 39 films and 15 TV shows.
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- Enemy at the Gates (2001) — as Politruk
- Head-On (2004) — as Cahit Tomruk
- North Pole
- Sleepless Night (2011) — as Yilmaz
- The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)
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