Birol Ünel
Known For
Acting
Born
1961-08-18 in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Died
2020-09-03
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.
Most Known For
Scene of the Crime
as Houari Al'Bakr
Scene of the Crime
as Gürkan Agban
Scene of the Crime
as Rico Baumann
Scene of the Crime
as Henkel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
as Harkan Bülent
A Case For Two
as Klaus
Der Fahnder
as Nick Peters
Der Fahnder
as Erol
German Film Award
as Self
Auf Achse
as Kemal
Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
Balko
as Tobias Wölke
Balko
as Achim Koch
Tour Abroad
as Osman
Der Clown
as Cosmo Nunnari
Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz
Netekim Karakolu
Leute am Donnerstag
as himself
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
as Dieter Lohmann
KRIMI.DE
as Herr Weiß