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