Birol Ünel
Born: 1961-08-18 in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Died: 2020-09-03
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2018
- Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman as İvan
2016
- Plan B as Hausmeister
- Back to Nothing as Kongo
- Falling as Aslan
2015
- I'm Off Then as Americo
- Netekim Karakolu
2012
- Looking for Eimish as Lupô
- Showman Olli Schulz as Therapeut
2011
- Sleepless Night as Yilmaz
- The Cricket as Worker
2009
- Soul Kitchen as Shayn Weiss
2008
- The Moon and Other Lovers as Gansar
2007
- The Unpolished as Axel
- Valerie as Jaro
2006
- House of the Sleeping Beauties as Herr Gold
- Transylvania as Tchangalo
2005
- KRIMI.DE as Herr Weiß
- Robbery Alla Turca as Pamir
2004
- Leute am Donnerstag as himself
- Head-On as Cahit Tomruk
- Kalbin Zamanı as Demir
- German Dream as Birol Ünel
- Not a Lovestory as Guru
2003
- King of Thieves as Birol
- Der gestohlene Mond as Nick
2002
- Inspektor Rolle as Tschokan Bischkek
- Blackberry as Sylvester
- My Mother as Hasan
2001
- Enemy at the Gates as Politruk
- Planet Alex as Milan
2000
- Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz as Bernd Schlegel
- In July as Club Doyen
- Tour Abroad as Osman
1999
- Unknown Friend as Moritz
- Dealer as Erdal
- Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht as Günther
1998
- Der Clown as Cosmo Nunnari
- Tierarzt Dr. Engel as Siggi Kirchlechner
- Frankfurt Millennium as Mustafa
1997
- Dead Pool as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
- Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1996
- Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police as Harkan Bülent
- Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord as Dieter Lohmann
- Landgang für Ringo as Yusuf
1995
- Balko as Tobias Wölke
1992
- Mau Mau as Schulte
1984
- Der Fahnder as Nick Peters
1981
- A Case For Two as Klaus
1980
- Auf Achse as Kemal
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Houari Al'Bakr
1951
- German Film Award as Self