Birol Ünel
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieFalling
2016
Aslan
moviePlan B
2016
Hausmeister
movieI'm Off Then
2015
Americo
movieShowman Olli Schulz
2012
Therapeut
movieSleepless Night
2011
Yilmaz
movieSoul Kitchen
2009
Shayn Weiss
movieValerie
2007
Jaro
movieTransylvania
2006
Tchangalo
KRIMI.DE
2005
Herr Weiß
movieGerman Dream
2004
Birol Ünel
movieHead-On
2004
Cahit Tomruk
movieBlackberry
2002
Sylvester
movieMy Mother
2002
Hasan
Inspektor Rolle
2002
Tschokan Bischkek
movieEnemy at the Gates
2001
Politruk
tvDer Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
2000
Bernd Schlegel
movieIn July
2000
Club Doyen
movieDealer
1999
Erdal
tvDer Clown
1998
Cosmo Nunnari
tvTierarzt Dr. Engel
1998
Siggi Kirchlechner
tvDead Pool
1997
Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996
Dieter Lohmann
tvAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
Harkan Bülent
tvBalko
1995
Tobias Wölke / Achim Koch
movieMau Mau
1992
Schulte
tvDer Fahnder
1984
Nick Peters / Erol
tvA Case For Two
1981
Klaus
tvAuf Achse
1980
Kemal
tvScene of the Crime
1970
Houari Al'Bakr / Gürkan Agban / Rico Baumann / Henkel
