Birol Ünel

Known for ActingBorn 1961-08-18Died 2020-09-03Silifke, Mersin, Turkey

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Tour Abroad

Frankfurt Millennium

Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord

Kalbin Zamanı

Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz

Head-On

Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht

Enemy at the Gates

In July

Der Fahnder

Der Clown

Leute am Donnerstag

Planet Alex

Soul Kitchen

Landgang für Ringo

Plan B

A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

Auf Achse

I'm Off Then

Falling

Balko

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany

Sleepless Night

The Unpolished

King of Thieves

Scene of the Crime

Transylvania

My Mother

German Film Award

Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur

A Case For Two

Looking for Eimish

House of the Sleeping Beauties

Dead Pool

Dealer

The Moon and Other Lovers

Mau Mau

Valerie

Robbery Alla Turca

Blackberry

Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman

Unknown Friend

Back to Nothing

Netekim Karakolu

Showman Olli Schulz

The Cricket

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