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 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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- 2018 · Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman as İvan
- 2016 · Falling as Aslan
- 2016 · Plan B as Hausmeister
- 2016 · Back to nothing as Kongo
- 2015 · I'm Off Then as Americo
- 2015 · Netekim Karakolu as
- 2012 · Looking for Eimish as Lupô
- 2011 · Sleepless Night as Yilmaz
- 2011 · The Cricket as Worker
- 2009 · Soul Kitchen as Shayn Weiss
- 2008 · The Moon and Other Lovers as Gansar
- 2007 · Valerie as Jaro
- 2007 · The Unpolished as Axel
- 2006 · House of the Sleeping Beauties as Herr Gold
- 2006 · Transylvania as Tchangalo
- 2005 · KRIMI.DE as Herr Weiß
- 2005 · Robbery Alla Turca as Pamir
- 2004 · Kalbin Zamanı as Demir
- 2004 · German Dream as Birol Ünel
- 2004 · Head-On as Cahit Tomruk
- 2004 · Leute am Donnerstag as himself
- 2004 · Not a Lovestory as Guru
- 2003 · King of Thieves as Birol
- 2003 · Der gestohlene Mond as Nick
- 2002 · Blackberry as Sylvester
- 2002 · My Mother as Hasan
- 2002 · Inspektor Rolle as Tschokan Bischkek
- 2001 · Enemy at the Gates as Politruk
- 2001 · Planet Alex as Milan
- 2000 · Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz as Bernd Schlegel
- 2000 · In July as Club Doyen
- 2000 · Tour Abroad as Osman
- 1999 · Unknown Friend as Moritz
- 1999 · Dealer as Erdal
- 1998 · Der Clown as Cosmo Nunnari
- 1998 · Frankfurt Millennium as Mustafa
- 1998 · Tierarzt Dr. Engel as Siggi Kirchlechner
- 1997 · Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur as
- 1996 · Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord as Dieter Lohmann
- 1996 · Landgang für Ringo as Yusuf
- 1996 · Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Harkan Bülent
- 1995 · Balko as Tobias Wölke
- 1995 · Balko as Achim Koch
- 1992 · Mau Mau as Schulte
- 1988 · The Passenger – Welcome to Germany as
- 1984 · Der Fahnder as Nick Peters
- 1984 · Der Fahnder as Erol
- 1981 · A Case For Two as Klaus
- 1980 · Auf Achse as Kemal
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Houari Al'Bakr
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Gürkan Agban
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Rico Baumann
- 1970 · Scene of the Crime as Henkel
- 1951 · Deutscher Filmpreis as Self
- Future · North Pole as