- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 18, 1961
- Place of Birth
- Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
- Died
- September 3, 2020
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…
Filmography
movieHürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018 · İvan
movieFalling
2016 · Aslan
moviePlan B
2016 · Hausmeister
movieBack to Nothing
2016 · Kongo
movieI'm Off Then
2015 · Americo
movieNetekim Karakolu
2015
movieLooking for Eimish
2012 · Lupô
movieShowman Olli Schulz
2012 · Therapeut
movieSleepless Night
2011 · Yilmaz
The Cricket
movieThe Cricket
2011 · Worker
movieSoul Kitchen
2009 · Shayn Weiss
movieThe Moon and Other Lovers
2008 · Gansar
movieValerie
2007 · Jaro
movieThe Unpolished
2007 · Axel
movieHouse of the Sleeping Beauties
2006 · Herr Gold
movieTransylvania
2006 · Tchangalo
KRIMI.DE
tvKRIMI.DE
2005 · Herr Weiß
movieRobbery Alla Turca
2005 · Pamir
movieKalbin Zamanı
2004 · Demir
movieGerman Dream
2004 · Birol Ünel
movieHead-On
2004 · Cahit Tomruk
Leute am Donnerstag
tvLeute am Donnerstag
2004 · himself
Not a Lovestory
movieNot a Lovestory
2004 · Guru
movieKing of Thieves
2003 · Birol
Der gestohlene Mond
movieDer gestohlene Mond
2003 · Nick
movieBlackberry
2002 · Sylvester
movieMy Mother
2002 · Hasan
Inspektor Rolle
tvInspektor Rolle
2002 · Tschokan Bischkek
movieEnemy at the Gates
2001 · Politruk
Planet Alex
moviePlanet Alex
2001 · Milan
tvDer Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
2000 · Bernd Schlegel
movieIn July
2000 · Club Doyen
Tour Abroad
movieTour Abroad
2000 · Osman
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
movieStille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999 · Günther
Unknown Friend
movieUnknown Friend
1999 · Moritz
movieDealer
1999 · Erdal
tvDer Clown
1998 · Cosmo Nunnari
movieFrankfurt Millennium
1998 · Mustafa
tvTierarzt Dr. Engel
1998 · Siggi Kirchlechner
tvDead Pool
1997 · Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
movieBuddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
tvFriedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996 · Dieter Lohmann
Landgang für Ringo
movieLandgang für Ringo
1996 · Yusuf
tvAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996 · Harkan Bülent
tvBalko
1995 · Tobias Wölke, Achim Koch
movieMau Mau
1992 · Schulte
movieA Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
movieThe Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
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
German Film Award
tvGerman Film Award
1951 · Self
movieNorth Pole
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