Birol Ünel

Acting

August 18, 1961 – September 3, 2020 (died at 59)

Silifke, Mersin, Turkey

Male

39 Movies

20 TV Shows

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.

Head-On

2004 7.5

as Cahit Tomruk

Age 42 (now 59)

Soul Kitchen

2009 6.9

as Shayn Weiss

Age 48 (now 59)

Sleepless Night

2011 5.9

as Yilmaz

Age 50 (now 59)

In July

2000 7.2

as Club Doyen

Age 39 (now 59)

Transylvania

2006 5.5

as Tchangalo

Age 45 (now 59)

The Unpolished

2007 5.9

as Axel

Age 45 (now 59)

Robbery Alla Turca

2005 4.8

as Pamir

Age 43 (now 59)

Dealer

1999 5.1

as Erdal

Age 37 (now 59)

House of the Sleeping Beauties

2006 5.3

as Herr Gold

Age 45 (now 59)

I'm Off Then

2015 6.1

as Americo

Age 54 (now 59)

Enemy at the Gates

2001 7.4

as Politruk

Age 39 (now 59)

Valerie

2007 4.9

as Jaro

Age 45 (now 59)

King of Thieves

2003 5.9

as Birol

Age 42 (now 59)

Mau Mau

1992 5.1

as Schulte

Age 30 (now 59)

Kalbin Zamanı

2004 8.5

as Demir

Age 43 (now 59)

Blackberry

2002 4.6

as Sylvester

Age 40 (now 59)

Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman

2018 4.2

as İvan

Age 56 (now 59)

Falling

2016 6.0

as Aslan

Age 55 (now 59)

Plan B

2016 6.5

as Hausmeister

Age 54 (now 59)

Back to Nothing

2016

as Kongo

Age 54 (now 59)

I'm Off Then

2015 6.1

as Americo

Age 54 (now 59)

Netekim Karakolu

2015

Age 53 (now 59)

Looking for Eimish

2012 5.3

as Lupô

Age 51 (now 59)

Showman Olli Schulz

2012

as Therapeut

Age 50 (now 59)

Sleepless Night

2011 5.9

as Yilmaz

Age 50 (now 59)

The Cricket

2011

as Worker

Age 50 (now 59)

Soul Kitchen

2009 6.9

as Shayn Weiss

Age 48 (now 59)

The Moon and Other Lovers

2008 5.0

as Gansar

Age 46 (now 59)

Valerie

2007 4.9

as Jaro

Age 45 (now 59)

The Unpolished

2007 5.9

as Axel

Age 45 (now 59)

House of the Sleeping Beauties

2006 5.3

as Herr Gold

Age 45 (now 59)

Transylvania

2006 5.5

as Tchangalo

Age 45 (now 59)

Robbery Alla Turca

2005 4.8

as Pamir

Age 43 (now 59)

Kalbin Zamanı

2004 8.5

as Demir

Age 43 (now 59)