Birol Ünel
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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.
Known for
Credits
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
as Politruk
Head-On (2004)
as Cahit Tomruk
Sleepless Night (2011)
as Yilmaz
Soul Kitchen (2009)
as Shayn Weiss
In July (2000)
as Club Doyen
Mau Mau (1992)
as Schulte
I'm Off Then (2015)
as Americo
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman (2018)
as İvan
Transylvania (2006)
as Tchangalo
King of Thieves (2003)
as Birol
House of the Sleeping Beauties (2006)
as Herr Gold
Plan B (2016)
as Hausmeister
Looking for Eimish (2012)
as Lupô
Der gestohlene Mond (2003)
as Nick
Tour Abroad (2000)
as Osman
North Pole (—)
Actor
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany (1988)
Actor
Blackberry (2002)
as Sylvester
Frankfurt Millennium (1998)
as Mustafa
The Unpolished (2007)
as Axel
Planet Alex (2001)
as Milan
Robbery Alla Turca (2005)
as Pamir
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur (1997)
Actor
Landgang für Ringo (1996)
as Yusuf
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1999)
as Günther
Unknown Friend (1999)
as Moritz
Valerie (2007)
as Jaro
The Cricket (2011)
as Worker
Kalbin Zamanı (2004)
as Demir
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom (1990)
Actor
My Mother (2002)
as Hasan
Not a Lovestory (2004)
as Guru
Falling (2016)
as Aslan
The Moon and Other Lovers (2008)
as Gansar
Netekim Karakolu (2015)
Actor
German Dream (2004)
as Birol Ünel
Showman Olli Schulz (2012)
as Therapeut
Back to Nothing (2016)
as Kongo
Dealer (1999)
as Erdal