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Birol Ünel

Birol Ünel

Known For Acting
Birthday Aug 18, 1961
Died Sep 03, 2020 (59)
Birthplace Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 05, 2024
Entry Date May 02, 2024
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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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Enemy at the Gates

Enemy at the Gates

2001

as Politruk

Landgang für Ringo

Landgang für Ringo

1996

as Yusuf

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Television Credits

A Case For Two

as Klaus

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 11, 1981

Scene of the Crime

as Houari Al'Bakr

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Der Fahnder

as Nick Peters

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1984

Der Fahnder

as Erol

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1984

Inspektor Rolle

as Tschokan Bischkek

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 10, 2002

KRIMI.DE

as Herr Weiß

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 08, 2005

Balko

as Tobias Wölke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1995

Tierarzt Dr. Engel

as Siggi Kirchlechner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 20, 1998

Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz

as Bernd Schlegel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 02, 2000

Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord

as Dieter Lohmann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 1996

Auf Achse

as Kemal

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 28, 1980

Balko

as Achim Koch

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 19, 1995

Der Clown

as Cosmo Nunnari

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 28, 1998

Scene of the Crime

as Gürkan Agban

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Scene of the Crime

as Rico Baumann

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Scene of the Crime

as Henkel

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 29, 1970

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

as Harkan Bülent

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 12, 1996

Deutscher Filmpreis

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1951

Leute am Donnerstag

as himself

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Mar 04, 2004

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