Birol Ünel
Acting • Born 1961-08-18 – Died 2020-09-03
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.
Filmography
58 credits
Head-On
Movie • 2004
Cahit Tomruk
In July
Movie • 2000
Club Doyen
Soul Kitchen
Movie • 2009
Shayn Weiss
The Moon and Other Lovers
Movie • 2008
Gansar
The Unpolished
Movie • 2007
Axel
Robbery Alla Turca
Movie • 2005
Pamir
Blackberry
Movie • 2002
Sylvester
Valerie
Movie • 2007
Jaro
Looking for Eimish
Movie • 2012
Lupô
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Movie • 2006
Herr Gold
Dealer
Movie • 1999
Erdal
Landgang für Ringo
Movie • 1996
Yusuf
Der gestohlene Mond
Movie • 2003
Nick
Transylvania
Movie • 2006
Tchangalo
Frankfurt Millennium
Movie • 1998
Mustafa
German Dream
Movie • 2004
Birol Ünel
Planet Alex
Movie • 2001
Milan
Mau Mau
Movie • 1992
Schulte
I'm Off Then
Movie • 2015
Americo
Unknown Friend
Movie • 1999
Moritz
Back to Nothing
Movie • 2016
Kongo
Not a Lovestory
Movie • 2004
Guru
Netekim Karakolu
Movie • 2015
The Cricket
Movie • 2011
Worker
My Mother
Movie • 2002
Hasan
Falling
Movie • 2016
Aslan
Tour Abroad
Movie • 2000
Osman
King of Thieves
Movie • 2003
Birol
Enemy at the Gates
Movie • 2001
Politruk
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Movie • 1997
Kalbin Zamanı
Movie • 2004
Demir
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
Movie • 2018
İvan
Sleepless Night
Movie • 2011
Yilmaz
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Movie • 1988
North Pole
Movie
Plan B
Movie • 2016
Hausmeister
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
Movie • 1990
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Movie • 1999
Günther
A Case For Two
TV • 1981
Klaus
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Houari Al'Bakr
Der Fahnder
TV • 1984
Nick Peters
Der Fahnder
TV • 1984
Erol
Inspektor Rolle
TV • 2002
Tschokan Bischkek
KRIMI.DE
TV • 2005
Herr Weiß
Balko
TV • 1995
Tobias Wölke
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
TV • 1998
Siggi Kirchlechner
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
TV • 2000
Bernd Schlegel
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
TV • 1996
Dieter Lohmann
Auf Achse
TV • 1980
Kemal
Balko
TV • 1995
Achim Koch
Der Clown
TV • 1998
Cosmo Nunnari
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Gürkan Agban
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Rico Baumann
Scene of the Crime
TV • 1970
Henkel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
TV • 1996
Harkan Bülent
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Leute am Donnerstag
TV • 2004
himself
Dead Pool
TV • 1997
Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'