Birol Ünel
Actor
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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Filmography
Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk 2004
Soul Kitchen
as Shayn Weiss 2009
In July
as Club Doyen 2000
Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz 2011
I'm Off Then
as Americo 2015
Transylvania
as Tchangalo 2006
Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir 2005
Plan B
as Hausmeister 2016
House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold 2006
The Unpolished
as Axel 2007
Dealer
as Erdal 1999
Valerie
as Jaro 2007
King of Thieves
as Birol 2003
Mau Mau
as Schulte 1992
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan 2018
Blackberry
as Sylvester 2002