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Birol Ünel

Profession
Acting
Born
August 18, 1961 · Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Died
September 3, 2020

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.

Known for

Enemy at the Gates poster
Enemy at the Gates
Film · 2001 · ★ 7.4
Head-On poster
Head-On
Film · 2004 · ★ 7.5
Soul Kitchen poster
Soul Kitchen
Film · 2009 · ★ 6.9
In July poster
In July
Film · 2000 · ★ 7.2
Sleepless Night poster
Sleepless Night
Film · 2011 · ★ 5.9
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police poster
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Series · 1996 · ★ 6.6
Scene of the Crime poster
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970 · ★ 6.2
I'm Off Then poster
I'm Off Then
Film · 2015 · ★ 6.2
Transylvania poster
Transylvania
Film · 2006 · ★ 5.6
Robbery Alla Turca poster
Robbery Alla Turca
Film · 2005 · ★ 4.8
Plan B poster
Plan B
Film · 2016 · ★ 6.6
House of the Sleeping Beauties poster
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Film · 2006 · ★ 5.3

Filmography