Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1961-08-18
Day of Death
2020-09-03
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.
Filmography (38)
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
2018
Falling
2016
Plan B
2016
Back to Nothing
2016
I'm Off Then
2015
Netekim Karakolu
2015
Looking for Eimish
2012
Showman Olli Schulz
2012
Sleepless Night
2011The Cricket
2011
Soul Kitchen
2009
The Moon and Other Lovers
2008
Valerie
2007
The Unpolished
2007
