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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Birol Ünel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

A Case For Two

Der Fahnder

All Movies (39)

Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman2018 · as İvan
Falling2016 · as Aslan
Plan B2016 · as Hausmeister
Back to Nothing2016 · as Kongo
I'm Off Then2015 · as Americo
Netekim Karakolu2015
Looking for Eimish2012 · as Lupô
Showman Olli Schulz2012 · as Therapeut
Sleepless Night2011 · as Yilmaz
The Cricket2011 · as Worker
Soul Kitchen2009 · as Shayn Weiss
The Moon and Other Lovers2008 · as Gansar
Valerie2007 · as Jaro
The Unpolished2007 · as Axel
House of the Sleeping Beauties2006 · as Herr Gold
Transylvania2006 · as Tchangalo
Robbery Alla Turca2005 · as Pamir
Kalbin Zamanı2004 · as Demir
German Dream2004 · as Birol Ünel
Head-On2004 · as Cahit Tomruk
Not a Lovestory2004 · as Guru
King of Thieves2003 · as Birol
Der gestohlene Mond2003 · as Nick
Blackberry2002 · as Sylvester
My Mother2002 · as Hasan
Enemy at the Gates2001 · as Politruk
Planet Alex2001 · as Milan
In July2000 · as Club Doyen
Tour Abroad2000 · as Osman
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht1999 · as Günther
Unknown Friend1999 · as Moritz
Dealer1999 · as Erdal
Frankfurt Millennium1998 · as Mustafa
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur1997
Landgang für Ringo1996 · as Yusuf
Mau Mau1992 · as Schulte
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom1990
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany1988
North Pole—

All TV Shows (20)

KRIMI.DE2005 · as Herr Weiß
Leute am Donnerstag2004 · as himself
Inspektor Rolle2002 · as Tschokan Bischkek
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz2000 · as Bernd Schlegel
Der Clown1998 · as Cosmo Nunnari
Tierarzt Dr. Engel1998 · as Siggi Kirchlechner
Dead Pool1997 · as Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord1996 · as Dieter Lohmann
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police1996 · as Harkan Bülent
Balko1995 · as Tobias Wölke
Balko1995 · as Achim Koch
Der Fahnder1984 · as Nick Peters
Der Fahnder1984 · as Erol
A Case For Two1981 · as Klaus
Auf Achse1980 · as Kemal
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Houari Al'Bakr
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Gürkan Agban
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Rico Baumann
Scene of the Crime1970 · as Henkel
German Film Award1951 · as Self