Birol Ünel
39 movies · 13 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 18, 1961
- Died
- Sep 3, 2020 (age 59)
- Place of birth
- Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Biography
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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.
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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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Known for
Birol Ünel: movies and TV shows
Acting (52)
- Upcoming
- 2018 Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan
- 2016 Falling
as Aslan
- 2016 Plan B
as Hausmeister
- 2016 Back to Nothing
as Kongo
- 2015 I'm Off Then
as Americo
- 2015
- 2012 Looking for Eimish
as Lupô
- 2012 Showman Olli Schulz
as Therapeut
- 2011 Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz
- 2011 The Cricket
as Worker
- 2009 Soul Kitchen
as Shayn Weiss
- 2008 The Moon and Other Lovers
as Gansar
- 2007 Valerie
as Jaro
- 2007 The Unpolished
as Axel
- 2006 House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold
- 2006 Transylvania
as Tchangalo
- 2005
- 2005 Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir
- 2004 Kalbin Zamanı
as Demir
- 2004 German Dream
as Birol Ünel
- 2004 Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk
- 2004 Not a Lovestory
as Guru
- 2003 King of Thieves
as Birol
- 2003 Der gestohlene Mond
as Nick
- 2002 Blackberry
as Sylvester
- 2002 My Mother
as Hasan
- 2002
- 2001 Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
- 2001 Planet Alex
as Milan
- 2000
- 2000 In July
as Club Doyen
- 2000 Tour Abroad
as Osman
- 1999 Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
as Günther
- 1999 Unknown Friend
as Moritz
- 1999 Dealer
as Erdal
- 1998
- 1998 Frankfurt Millennium
as Mustafa
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1996 Landgang für Ringo
as Yusuf
- 1996
- 1995
- 1992 Mau Mau
as Schulte
- 1990
- 1988
- 1984
- 1981
- 1980
- 1970
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2004 Leute am Donnerstag
1 episode
- 1951 German Film Award
1 episode