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.

Known For

Enemy at the Gates

as Politruk

Head-On

as Cahit Tomruk

Soul Kitchen

as Shayn Weiss

In July

as Club Doyen

Sleepless Night

as Yilmaz

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

as Harkan Bülent

Scene of the Crime

as Houari Al'Bakr

Scene of the Crime

as Gürkan Agban

Scene of the Crime

as Rico Baumann

Scene of the Crime

as Henkel