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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 …
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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.
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Birol Ünel's Filmography
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Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
as İvan

Falling
as Aslan

Plan B
as Hausmeister

Back to Nothing
as Kongo

I'm Off Then
as Americo

Netekim Karakolu

Looking for Eimish
as Lupô

Showman Olli Schulz
as Therapeut

Sleepless Night
as Yilmaz
No Poster
The Cricket
as Worker

Soul Kitchen
as Shayn Weiss

The Moon and Other Lovers
as Gansar

Valerie
as Jaro

The Unpolished
as Axel

House of the Sleeping Beauties
as Herr Gold

Transylvania
as Tchangalo

Robbery Alla Turca
as Pamir

Kalbin Zamanı
as Demir

German Dream
as Birol Ünel

Head-On
as Cahit Tomruk
No Poster
Not a Lovestory
as Guru

King of Thieves
as Birol
No Poster
Der gestohlene Mond
as Nick

Blackberry
as Sylvester

My Mother
as Hasan

Enemy at the Gates
as Politruk
No Poster
Planet Alex
as Milan

In July
as Club Doyen
No Poster
Tour Abroad
as Osman
No Poster
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
as Günther
No Poster
Unknown Friend
as Moritz

Dealer
as Erdal

Frankfurt Millennium
as Mustafa

Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
No Poster
Landgang für Ringo
as Yusuf

Mau Mau
as Schulte

A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom

The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
