Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 18, 1961
Place of Birth:
Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
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Birol Ünel
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | KRIMI.DE | Herr Weiß |
| 2004 | Leute am Donnerstag | himself |
| 2002 | Inspektor Rolle | Tschokan Bischkek |
| 2000 | Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz | Bernd Schlegel |
| 1998 | Tierarzt Dr. Engel | Siggi Kirchlechner |
| 1998 | Der Clown | Cosmo Nunnari |
| 1996 | Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord | Dieter Lohmann |
| 1996 | Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police | Harkan Bülent |
| 1995 | Balko | Tobias Wölke |
| 1995 | Balko | Achim Koch |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder | Nick Peters |
| 1984 | Der Fahnder | Erol |
| 1981 | A Case For Two | Klaus |
| 1980 | Auf Achse | Kemal |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Houari Al'Bakr |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Gürkan Agban |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Rico Baumann |
| 1970 | Scene of the Crime | Henkel |
| 1951 | Deutscher Filmpreis | Self |