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as Kongo

2016
Sleepless Night

as Yilmaz

2012
Soul Kitchen

as Shayn Weiss

2009
Head-On

as Cahit Tomruk

2004
Kalbin Zamanı

as Demir

2004
Landgang für Ringo

as Yusuf

1996
Birol Ünel Birol Ünel

Birthday

1961-08-18

Place of Birth

Silifke, Mersin, Turkey

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Birol Ünel (born 18 August 1961) is a German actor of Turkish descent. He has acted in a number of German and Turkish films, TV series 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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