Acting · Silifke, Mersin, Turkey · Born August 18, 1961
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.
MovieHürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018
as İvan
MovieFalling
2016
as Aslan
MoviePlan B
2016
as Hausmeister
MovieBack to Nothing
2016
as Kongo
MovieI'm Off Then
2015
as Americo
MovieNetekim Karakolu
2015
MovieLooking for Eimish
2012
as Lupô
MovieShowman Olli Schulz
2012
as Therapeut
MovieSleepless Night
2011
as Yilmaz
The Cricket
2011
as Worker
MovieSoul Kitchen
2009
as Shayn Weiss
MovieThe Moon and Other Lovers
2008
as Gansar
MovieValerie
2007
as Jaro
MovieThe Unpolished
2007
as Axel
MovieHouse of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
as Herr Gold
MovieTransylvania
2006
as Tchangalo
KRIMI.DE
2005
as Herr Weiß
MovieRobbery Alla Turca
2005
as Pamir
MovieKalbin Zamanı
2004
as Demir
MovieGerman Dream
2004
as Birol Ünel
MovieHead-On
2004
as Cahit Tomruk
Leute am Donnerstag
2004
as himself
Not a Lovestory
2004
as Guru
MovieKing of Thieves
2003
as Birol
Der gestohlene Mond
2003
as Nick
MovieBlackberry
2002
as Sylvester
MovieMy Mother
2002
as Hasan
Inspektor Rolle
2002
as Tschokan Bischkek
MovieEnemy at the Gates
2001
as Politruk
Planet Alex
2001
as Milan
TVDer Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
2000
as Bernd Schlegel
MovieIn July
2000
as Club Doyen
Tour Abroad
2000
as Osman
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
1999
as Günther
Unknown Friend
1999
as Moritz
MovieDealer
1999
as Erdal
TVDer Clown
1998
as Cosmo Nunnari
MovieFrankfurt Millennium
1998
as Mustafa
TVTierarzt Dr. Engel
1998
as Siggi Kirchlechner
TVDead Pool
1997
as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
MovieBuddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
1996
as Dieter Lohmann
Landgang für Ringo
1996
as Yusuf
TVAlarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
1996
as Harkan Bülent
TVBalko
1995
as Tobias Wölke
MovieMau Mau
1992
as Schulte
MovieA Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
MovieThe Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
TVDer Fahnder
1984
as Nick Peters
TVA Case For Two
1981
as Klaus
TVAuf Achse
1980
as Kemal
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Houari Al'Bakr
German Film Award
1951
as Self
MovieNorth Pole
