Birol Ünel
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
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan
Falling
as Aslan
Falling
as Aslan
Plan B
as Hausmeister
Plan B
as Hausmeister
Back to Nothing
as Kongo
Back to Nothing
as Kongo
Netekim Karakolu
Netekim Karakolu
Looking for Eimish
as Lupô
Looking for Eimish
as Lupô
Showman Olli Schulz
as Therapeut
Showman Olli Schulz
as Therapeut
Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz
Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz
The Cricket
as Worker
The Cricket
as Worker
Soul Kitchen
as Shayn Weiss
Soul Kitchen
as Shayn Weiss
The Moon and Other Lovers
as Gansar
The Moon and Other Lovers
as Gansar
House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold
House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold
Transylvania
as Tchangalo
Transylvania
as Tchangalo
Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir
Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir
Kalbin Zamanı
as Demir
Kalbin Zamanı
as Demir
Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk
Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk
Not a Lovestory
as Guru
Not a Lovestory
as Guru
King of Thieves
as Birol
King of Thieves
as Birol
Der gestohlene Mond
as Nick
Der gestohlene Mond
as Nick
Blackberry
as Sylvester
Blackberry
as Sylvester
My Mother
as Hasan
My Mother
as Hasan
Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
Planet Alex
as Milan
Planet Alex
as Milan
In July
as Club Doyen
In July
as Club Doyen
Dealer
as Erdal
Dealer
as Erdal
Frankfurt Millennium
as Mustafa
Frankfurt Millennium
as Mustafa
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
North Pole
North Pole