Birol Ünel
Actor
- Born
- August 18, 1961 · Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
- Died
- September 3, 2020 (age 59)
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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.
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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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Known for
Enemy at the Gates
February 28, 2001
Head-On
March 11, 2004
Soul Kitchen
September 9, 2009
In July
August 23, 2000
Sleepless Night
November 16, 2011
I'm Off Then
December 24, 2015
Transylvania
September 9, 2006
Robbery Alla Turca
February 10, 2005
Plan B
June 8, 2016
House of the Sleeping Beauties
November 2, 2006
The Unpolished
February 8, 2007
Dealer
August 5, 1999
Acting39
- 2018Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman as İvan
- 2016Falling as Aslan
- 2016Plan B as Hausmeister
- 2016Back to Nothing as Kongo
- 2015I'm Off Then as Americo
- 2015Netekim Karakolu
- 2012Looking for Eimish as Lupô
- 2012Showman Olli Schulz as Therapeut
- 2011Sleepless Night as Yilmaz
- 2011The Cricket as Worker