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Birol Ünel
Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
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.…
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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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2018
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
Movie İvan
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2016
Falling
Movie Aslan
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2016
Plan B
Movie Hausmeister
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2016
Back to Nothing
Movie Kongo
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2015
I'm Off Then
Movie Americo
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2015
Netekim Karakolu
Movie
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2012
Looking for Eimish
Movie Lupô
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2012
Showman Olli Schulz
Movie Therapeut
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2011
Sleepless Night
Movie Yilmaz
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2011
The Cricket
Movie Worker
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2009
Soul Kitchen
Movie Shayn Weiss
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2008
The Moon and Other Lovers
Movie Gansar
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2007
Valerie
Movie Jaro
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2007
The Unpolished
Movie Axel
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2006
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Movie Herr Gold
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2006
Transylvania
Movie Tchangalo
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2005
KRIMI.DE
TV show Herr Weiß
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2005
Robbery Alla Turca
Movie Pamir
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2004
Kalbin Zamanı
Movie Demir
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2004
German Dream
Movie Birol Ünel
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2004
Head-On
Movie Cahit Tomruk
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2004
Leute am Donnerstag
TV show himself
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2004
Not a Lovestory
Movie Guru
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2003
King of Thieves
Movie Birol
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2003
Der gestohlene Mond
Movie Nick
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2002
Blackberry
Movie Sylvester
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2002
My Mother
Movie Hasan
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2002
Inspektor Rolle
TV show Tschokan Bischkek
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2001
Enemy at the Gates
Movie Politruk
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2001
Planet Alex
Movie Milan
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2000
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
TV show Bernd Schlegel
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2000
In July
Movie Club Doyen
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2000
Tour Abroad
Movie Osman
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1999
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Movie Günther
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1999
Unknown Friend
Movie Moritz
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1999
Dealer
Movie Erdal
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1998
Der Clown
TV show Cosmo Nunnari
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1998
Frankfurt Millennium
Movie Mustafa
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1998
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
TV show Siggi Kirchlechner
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1997
Dead Pool
TV show Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
