Birol Ünel
Biography
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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.
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Acting (30 movies)
Head-On
2004
In July
2000
Soul Kitchen
2009
The Moon and Other Lovers
2008
The Unpolished
2007
Robbery Alla Turca
2005
Blackberry
2002
Valerie
2007
Looking for Eimish
2012
House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006
Dealer
1999
Transylvania
2006
Frankfurt Millennium
1998
German Dream
2004
Planet Alex
2001
Mau Mau
1992
I'm Off Then
2015
Back to nothing
2016
Netekim Karakolu
2015
My Mother
2002
Falling
2016
King of Thieves
2003
Enemy at the Gates
2001
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
Kalbin Zamanı
2004
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018
Sleepless Night
2011
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
Plan B
2016
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
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