Birol Ünel
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1961-08-18
Place of Birth
Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Birol Ünel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Soul Kitchen
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Robbery Alla Turca
Feb 10, 2005
Blackberry
May 17, 2002
Valerie
Apr 26, 2007
Looking for Eimish
Nov 09, 2012
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Nov 02, 2006
Dealer
Aug 05, 1999
Landgang für Ringo
Oct 02, 1996
Der gestohlene Mond
Jan 01, 2003
Transylvania
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Frankfurt Millennium
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German Dream
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Planet Alex
Jan 18, 2001
Mau Mau
May 28, 1992
I'm Off Then
Dec 24, 2015
Unknown Friend
Sep 08, 1999
Back to nothing
Apr 14, 2016
Not a Lovestory
Jan 01, 2004
Netekim Karakolu
Feb 13, 2015
The Cricket
Sep 01, 2011
My Mother
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Falling
Dec 16, 2016
Tour Abroad
Jul 01, 2000
King of Thieves
Nov 14, 2003
Enemy at the Gates
Feb 28, 2001
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Apr 01, 1997
Kalbin Zamanı
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Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
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Sleepless Night
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The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
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North Pole
Plan B
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A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
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A Case For Two
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Scene of the Crime
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Der Fahnder
Sep 21, 1984
Der Fahnder
Sep 21, 1984
Inspektor Rolle
Apr 10, 2002
KRIMI.DE
Mar 08, 2005
Balko
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Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Jan 20, 1998
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
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Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
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Auf Achse
Oct 28, 1980
Balko
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Der Clown
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Scene of the Crime
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Scene of the Crime
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Scene of the Crime
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Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
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Deutscher Filmpreis
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