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