Birol Ünel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-08-18
Day of Death
2020-09-03 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Birol Ünel
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.
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Acting
(2018)
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan
(2016)
Plan B
as Hausmeister
(2016)
Back to nothing
as Kongo
(2016)
Falling
as Aslan
(2015)
I'm Off Then
as Americo
(2015)
(2012)
Looking for Eimish
as Lupô
(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)
The Unpolished
as Axel
(2007)
Valerie
as Jaro
(2006)
Transylvania
as Tchangalo
(2006)
House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold
(2005)
Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir
(2004)
Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk
(2004)
Kalbin Zamanı
as Demir
(2004)
Not a Lovestory
as Guru
(2004)
German Dream
as Birol Ünel
(2003)
King of Thieves
as Birol
(2003)
Der gestohlene Mond
as Nick
(2002)
Blackberry
as Sylvester
(2002)
My Mother
as Hasan
(2001)
Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
(2001)
Planet Alex
as Milan
(2000)
In July
as Club Doyen
(2000)
Tour Abroad
as Osman
(1999)
Dealer
as Erdal
(1999)
Unknown Friend
as Moritz
(1998)
Frankfurt Millennium
as Mustafa
(1997)
(1996)
Landgang für Ringo
as Yusuf
(1992)
Mau Mau
as Schulte
(1988)