Birol Ünel
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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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Known for
A Case For Two
Klaus
Scene of the Crime
Houari Al'Bakr
Scene of the Crime
Gürkan Agban
Scene of the Crime
Rico Baumann
Scene of the Crime
Henkel
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Harkan Bülent
Deutscher Filmpreis
Self
Auf Achse
Kemal
Balko
Tobias Wölke
Balko
Achim Koch
Der Fahnder
Nick Peters
Der Fahnder
Erol
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Siggi Kirchlechner
Der Clown
Cosmo Nunnari
KRIMI.DE
Herr Weiß
Inspektor Rolle
Tschokan Bischkek
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
Bernd Schlegel
Enemy at the Gates
Politruk
Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Dieter Lohmann
Head-On
Cahit Tomruk
Soul Kitchen
Shayn Weiss
Sleepless Night
Yilmaz
In July
Club Doyen
Plan B
Hausmeister
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Herr Gold
I'm Off Then
Americo
Transylvania
Tchangalo
King of Thieves
Birol
The Unpolished
Axel
Robbery Alla Turca
Pamir
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
İvan
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
The Moon and Other Lovers
Gansar
Planet Alex
Milan
Blackberry
Sylvester
Valerie
Jaro
Landgang für Ringo
Yusuf
Frankfurt Millennium
Mustafa
Tour Abroad
Osman
Looking for Eimish
Lupô
North Pole
Mau Mau
Schulte
My Mother
Hasan
Dealer
Erdal
Falling
Aslan
Unknown Friend
Moritz
Kalbin Zamanı
Demir
Der gestohlene Mond
Nick
The Cricket
Worker
Back to nothing
Kongo
German Dream
Birol Ünel
Not a Lovestory
Guru
Leute am Donnerstag
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