Birol Ünel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 18, 1961
- Died
- September 3, 2020 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- 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.
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Filmography
North Pole
Movie
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
Movie · as İvan
Back to Nothing
Movie · as Kongo
Falling
Movie · as Aslan
Plan B
Movie · as Hausmeister
I'm Off Then
Movie · as Americo
Netekim Karakolu
Movie
Looking for Eimish
Movie · as Lupô
Showman Olli Schulz
Movie · as Therapeut
The Cricket
Movie · as Worker
Sleepless Night
Movie · as Yilmaz
Soul Kitchen
Movie · as Shayn Weiss
The Moon and Other Lovers
Movie · as Gansar
The Unpolished
Movie · as Axel
Valerie
Movie · as Jaro
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Movie · as Herr Gold
Transylvania
Movie · as Tchangalo
Robbery Alla Turca
Movie · as Pamir
KRIMI.DE
TV · as Herr Weiß · 1 ep
Head-On
Movie · as Cahit Tomruk
German Dream
Movie · as Birol Ünel
Not a Lovestory
Movie · as Guru
Kalbin Zamanı
Movie · as Demir
Leute am Donnerstag
TV · as himself · 1 ep
Der gestohlene Mond
Movie · as Nick
King of Thieves
Movie · as Birol
Blackberry
Movie · as Sylvester
My Mother
Movie · as Hasan
Inspektor Rolle
TV · as Tschokan Bischkek · 1 ep
Planet Alex
Movie · as Milan
Enemy at the Gates
Movie · as Politruk
In July
Movie · as Club Doyen
Tour Abroad
Movie · as Osman
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
TV · as Bernd Schlegel · 1 ep
Dealer
Movie · as Erdal
Unknown Friend
Movie · as Moritz
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Movie · as Günther
Frankfurt Millennium
Movie · as Mustafa
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
TV · as Siggi Kirchlechner · 1 ep
Der Clown
TV · as Cosmo Nunnari · 1 ep
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Movie
Dead Pool
TV · as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud' · 2 eps
Landgang für Ringo
Movie · as Yusuf
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
TV · as Dieter Lohmann · 1 ep
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV · as Harkan Bülent · 1 ep
Balko
TV · as Tobias Wölke, Achim Koch · 1 ep
Mau Mau
Movie · as Schulte
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
Movie
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Movie
Der Fahnder
TV · as Nick Peters, Erol · 1 ep
A Case For Two
TV · as Klaus · 1 ep
Auf Achse
TV · as Kemal · 1 ep
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Houari Al'Bakr, Gürkan Agban, Rico Baumann, Henkel · 1 ep
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep