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Birol Ünel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Birol Ünel (born 18 August 1961) is a German actor of Turkish descent. He has acted in a number of German and Turkish films, TV series 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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Born:
Aug 18, 1961 In Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Movie/TV Credits:
47
First Appeared:
In the movie North Pole
Latest Project:
Movie Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman 2018-05-25
Known For
Poster of Soul Kitchen
Poster of Head-On
Poster of Enemy at the Gates
Poster of Scene of the Crime
Filmography
Movie North Pole 2025
Movie Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman İvan 2018-05-25
Movie Plan B Hausmeister 2016-06-08
Movie Falling Aslan 2016-12-16
Movie Back to nothing Kongo 2016-04-14
Movie I'm Off Then Americo 2015-12-24
Movie Looking for Eimish Lupô 2012-11-09
Movie Sleepless Night Yilmaz 2011-11-16
Movie Soul Kitchen Shayn Weiss 2009-09-09
Movie The Moon and Other Lovers Gansar 2008-07-24
Movie Valerie Jaro 2007-04-26
Movie The Unpolished Axel 2007-02-08
Movie Transylvania Tchangalo 2006-09-09
Movie House of the Sleeping Beauties Herr Gold 2006-11-02
Series KRIMI.DE Herr Weiß 2005-03-08
Movie Robbery Alla Turca Pamir 2005-02-10
Movie Kalbin Zamanı Demir 2004-12-10
Movie Head-On Cahit Tomruk 2004-03-11
Series Leute am Donnerstag himself 2004-03-04
Movie Not a Lovestory Guru 2004-01-01
Movie King of Thieves Birol 2003-11-14
Series Inspektor Rolle Tschokan Bischkek 2002-04-10
Movie My Mother Hasan 2002-04-25
Movie Anam Hasan 2002-04-25
Movie Blackberry Sylvester 2002-05-17
Movie Enemy at the Gates Politruk 2001-02-28
Movie Planet Alex Milan 2001-01-18
Series Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz Bernd Schlegel 2000-09-02
Movie In July Club Doyen 2000-08-23
Movie Tour Abroad Osman 2000-07-01
Movie Unknown Friend Moritz 1999-09-08
Movie Dealer Erdal 1999-08-05
Series Der Clown Cosmo Nunnari 1998-04-28
Movie Das Frankfurter Kreuz Mustafa 1998-02-17
Movie Frankfurt Millennium Mustafa 1998-02-17
Movie Todesspiel Captain Mahmud 1997-06-15
Movie Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur 1997-04-01
Movie Landgang für Ringo Yusuf 1996-10-02
Series Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police Harkan Bülent 1996-03-12
Series Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord Dieter Lohmann 1996-10-31
Series Balko Achim Koch 1995-03-19
Movie Mau Mau Schulte 1992-05-28
Movie Welcome to Germany 1988-05-04
Movie The Passenger – Welcome to Germany 1988-05-04
Series Auf Achse Kemal 1980-10-28
Series Scene of the Crime Henkel 1970-11-29
Series Deutscher Filmpreis (Lola) Self 1951-01-01