Birol Ünel
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Scene of the Crime
Houari Al'Bakr
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Gürkan Agban
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Rico Baumann
1970
Series
Scene of the Crime
Henkel
1970
Series
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Harkan Bülent
1996
Series
A Case For Two
Klaus
1981
Film
Enemy at the Gates
Politruk
2001
German Film Award
Self
1951
Series
Der Fahnder
Nick Peters
1984
Series
Der Fahnder
Erol
1984
Series
Balko
Tobias Wölke
1995
Series
Balko
Achim Koch
1995
Series
Auf Achse
Kemal
1980
Series
Der Clown
Cosmo Nunnari
1998
Film
Head-On
Cahit Tomruk
2004
Film
Sleepless Night
Yilmaz
2011
KRIMI.DE
Herr Weiß
2005
Leute am Donnerstag
himself
2004
Series
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
Bernd Schlegel
2000
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Dieter Lohmann
1996
Series
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Siggi Kirchlechner
1998
Film
Soul Kitchen
Shayn Weiss
2009
Film
King of Thieves
Birol
2003
Film
In July
Club Doyen
2000
Film
Mau Mau
Schulte
1992
Series
Dead Pool
Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
1997
Inspektor Rolle
Tschokan Bischkek
2002
Film
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
İvan
2018
Film
I'm Off Then
Americo
2015
Film
Plan B
Hausmeister
2016
Film
Robbery Alla Turca
Pamir
2005
Tour Abroad
Osman
2000
Film
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
Film
The Unpolished
Axel
2007
Film
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Herr Gold
2006
Film
Netekim Karakolu
2015
Film
Transylvania
Tchangalo
2006
Film
North Pole
Landgang für Ringo
Yusuf
1996
Film
The Moon and Other Lovers
Gansar
2008
Film
Looking for Eimish
Lupô
2012
Film
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
Film
Frankfurt Millennium
Mustafa
1998
Film
My Mother
Hasan
2002
Film
Blackberry
Sylvester
2002
Planet Alex
Milan
2001
Film
Falling
Aslan
2016
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Günther
1999
Film
Valerie
Jaro
2007
Film
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
Film
Dealer
Erdal
1999
Film
Kalbin Zamanı
Demir
2004
Der gestohlene Mond
Nick
2003
Film
German Dream
Birol Ünel
2004
The Cricket
Worker
2011
Unknown Friend
Moritz
1999
Film
Showman Olli Schulz
Therapeut
2012
Not a Lovestory
Guru
2004
Film
Back to Nothing
Kongo
2016