Birol Ünel

Birol Ünel

Born: August 18, 1961
Died: September 3, 2020
in Silifke, Mersin, Turkey
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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.

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Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
Title: Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
Character: İvan
Released: May 25, 2018
Type: Movie
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Falling
Title: Falling
Character: Aslan
Released: December 16, 2016
Type: Movie
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Plan B
Title: Plan B
Character: Hausmeister
Released: June 8, 2016
Type: Movie
When three young martial artists embark on a relentless treasure hunt in order to free their friend from the grasp of a ruthless gangster, they get entangled in a complex conspiracy staged to dethrone Berlin's underworld kingpin.
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Back to nothing
Title: Back to nothing
Character: Kongo
Released: April 14, 2016
Type: Movie
A group of freaks subsist as city nomads in an uncontrolled ghetto, doomed for demolition. Kongo, Strasser, Bobby and Jackie are heading out – back to nothing.
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I'm Off Then
Title: I'm Off Then
Character: Americo
Released: December 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on the book "Ich bin dann mal weg" by Hape Kerkeling where the author describes his journey on the Way of St. James, a pilgrimage route, and the people he encounters there.
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Looking for Eimish
Title: Looking for Eimish
Character: Lupô
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
The young Lucas shares a flat with her partner Eimish in Madrid. One day to buy a rose for her, which prevents her crossing the street when she left. When he gets home he finds a letter that says he is going to Germany. It is then that without a second thought, and acting for the first time in his life moved by impulse, decides to take the first train traveling to Berlin to try to convince his girlfriend to come back to his side. When he reach the city he will realize that she is not there, so he decides to take new direction to Verona (Italy). But things get worse in the adventure: she must stand up to certain situations in her past, and he will change his idea about family and love.
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Sleepless Night
Title: Sleepless Night
Character: Yilmaz
Released: November 16, 2011
Type: Movie
Vincent, a police officer, and his partner Manuel steal a large amount of cocaine from José Marciano, a ruthless crime lord who is quick to seek revenge, endangering Vincent's life, career and family.
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Soul Kitchen
Title: Soul Kitchen
Character: Shayn Weiss
Released: September 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In Hamburg, German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.
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The Moon and Other Lovers
Title: The Moon and Other Lovers
Character: Gansar
Released: July 24, 2008
Type: Movie
Der Mond und andere Liebhaber narrates the story of Hanna, a woman who will not take lifes set-backs and knock-downs sitting down. Instead, she takes them in her stride, picks herself up and marches onward. This is a woman who continually draws new courage from her inexhaustible will to live. Whatever losses and uncertainties come her way, she remains true to herself.
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Valerie
Title: Valerie
Character: Jaro
Released: April 26, 2007
Type: Movie
When a photo model gets replaced by a batch of new younger prettier girls, her life of riches melts in front of her eyes and she's forced to live like a homeless person in a parking lot of a high class hotel she once lived in.
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The Unpolished
Title: The Unpolished
Character: Axel
Released: February 8, 2007
Type: Movie
Stevie, a precocious 14-year-old girl must cope with the instabilities of her immoderate parents. When they decide to move to a small provincial town in Germany, Stevie attempts to slip into a normal life. Whilst her parents playfully escape their responsibilities, Stevie tries to make a good impression in town, spreading stories of grandeur and claiming to be the daughter of a diplomat. She makes progress. Yet the good weather doesn’t last and before long, she discovers that her parents have once more resorted to illegal means, as a way of supporting their leisurely lifestyle. As friends and hangers-on of her parents fill their new home, the chaos continually mounts. It is in this atmosphere of physical and emotional destruction, that Stevie must now start to define herself and perhaps even break free.
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House of the Sleeping Beauties
Title: House of the Sleeping Beauties
Character: Herr Gold
Released: November 2, 2006
Type: Movie
Edmond, a man in his sixties whose wife has recently passed away, is told about a secret establishment where men can spend an entire night in bed alongside beautiful, sleeping young women, who stretch, roll over and dream, but never awaken. Bedazzled by their seductive yet innocent tenderness, but distressed about the reason for their deep sleep, he delves into the mystery of the house of sleeping beauties.
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Transylvania
Title: Transylvania
Character: Tchangalo
Released: September 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Zingarina arrives in Transylavania, accompanied by her close friend Marie and her guide and interpreter Luminitsa. She is not there only to visit this region of Romania but to trace her lover Milan, a musician who has made her pregnant and who left her without a word of explanation. When she finds him back, he brutally rejects her and Zingarina is terribly upset. She leaves her two companions and having become a wreck she hardly survives by following a wandering little girl. Her destiny changes for the best when she meets Tchangalo, a traveling trader...
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Title: KRIMI.DE
Character: Herr Weiß
Released: March 8, 2005
Type: TV
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Robbery Alla Turca
Title: Robbery Alla Turca
Character: Pamir
Released: February 10, 2005
Type: Movie
With the death of a billionaire engaged in illegal practices, his billion-dollar fortune is up for the grabs. As his art collection is being prepared to be sold at an auction, two Turkish thieves from Germany are hired to steal valuable paintings from the art collection. Meanwhile, Seckin the fashioner designer - also the brother of Binnur, wife of the late billionaire - prepares for a fashion show in the same hotel that the robbery is going to take place. With the intervention of police, the beautiful model and her ex-lover, a hip papparazi, the two "Laz" mafia bosses seeking revenge, and the getaway driver straight out of Selcuk Erdem caricatures, the robbery is bound to go wrong. Prepare for a twist at the end as the plot unfolds towards a climactic ending...
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Kalbin Zamanı
Title: Kalbin Zamanı
Character: Demir
Released: December 10, 2004
Type: Movie
In this lush police mystery, the love of three different men for one woman spans five decades and results in one man's death.
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German Dream
Title: German Dream
Character: Birol Ünel
Released: November 15, 2004
Type: Movie
A documentary about the integration and lifestyle of Turks who immigrated to Germany, especially young people, who are defined as the third generation today. The film contains a wide range of perspectives ranging from hip hop artists to businessmen, retired workers to film directors.
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Head-On
Title: Head-On
Character: Cahit Tomruk
Released: March 11, 2004
Type: Movie
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
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Title: Leute am Donnerstag
Character: himself
Released: March 4, 2004
Type: TV
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Not a Lovestory
Title: Not a Lovestory
Character: Guru
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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King of Thieves
Title: King of Thieves
Character: Birol
Released: November 14, 2003
Type: Movie
Two amateur circus kids from a poor Ukrainian village, ten-year-old Barbu and his older sister Mimma, are sold to a circus artist called Caruso who promises them a career in the West.
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Der gestohlene Mond
Title: Der gestohlene Mond
Character: Nick
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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Blackberry
Title: Blackberry
Character: Sylvester
Released: May 17, 2002
Type: Movie
Two young people in their twenties, Lilian and André, decide to escape the dreary holiday season and go to the paradise that is supposed to be Spain. During their aimless journey, the couple naively places their trust in a shady guy named Sylvester. Although he is a little older than the two lovers, Sylvester also tries to give some semblance of meaning to his life by becoming acquainted with the hackneyed myths of our mediatized world: road movies, war games, romantic stories, drift into drugs. By agreeing to play roles based on clichés, the trio are gradually mired in a dangerous conflict over trust and confidence, love and life.
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My Mother
Title: My Mother
Character: Hasan
Released: April 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Anam, age 40, is a traditional Turkish wife and mother who lives with her family in a German city. She works as a cleaner and has made two friends: man-crazy German Rita and superstitious African Didi. When she finds out that her 20-year-old son Deniz has drifted into the drug scene and her husband Mehmet is having an affair with a colleague, her whole world collapses around her. Although desperate she is determined to fight and goes looking for Deniz. Instead she finds his girlfriend Mandy, who is also a drug addict. She decides to take care of the girl who is a stranger to her and finds herself confronted with an entirely unknown world. When she finally manages to track Deniz down to the cold-blooded dealer Hassain, he rejects her. Anam is forced to realize that painful as it is she can only help Deniz if he is prepared to accept her help
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Title: Inspektor Rolle
Character: Tschokan Bischkek
Released: April 10, 2002
Type: TV
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Enemy at the Gates
Title: Enemy at the Gates
Character: Politruk
Released: February 28, 2001
Type: Movie
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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Planet Alex
Title: Planet Alex
Character: Milan
Released: January 18, 2001
Type: Movie
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Title: Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
Character: Bernd Schlegel
Released: September 2, 2000
Type: TV
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In July
Title: In July
Character: Club Doyen
Released: August 23, 2000
Type: Movie
Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?
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Tour Abroad
Title: Tour Abroad
Character: Osman
Released: July 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Senay is a willful eleven year old girl in Hamburg who's Turkish father has just died. The only friend responding to the news about her father is a gay Turkish cabaret singer, Zeki. Together they travel through Europe in search of the orphan girl's mother, Cicek, who left at childbirth and whom Zeki represents as Senay's aunt.
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Unknown Friend
Title: Unknown Friend
Character: Moritz
Released: September 8, 1999
Type: Movie
After five years in prison, Ellen is ‘’out’’ and ready to come to terms with her past. She begins by looking for Katrin, who was present the night of the crime. Hearing Katrin’s voice on the radio and learning that she is a DJ at a local nightclub, Ellen decides to go and wait for her at the door. At first, Katrin is frightened and does not want anything to do with Ellen. However Ellen persists. Flashbacks fill in the history of Katrin’s relationship with an abusive husband and her intimate relationship with Ellen. It soon becomes clear that Ellen’s devotion for Katrin is no less potent than before. Gradually Katrin yields to Ellen’s wishes. Before long, past events catch up with them an unexpected sting in the tail reveals a major twist.
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Dealer
Title: Dealer
Character: Erdal
Released: August 5, 1999
Type: Movie
Can and his girlfriend, Jale, live with their young daughter, Meral, in a tough Turkish neighbourhood of Berlin and barely manage to scrape enough money together for their existence. Can is a small-time dealer and errand-boy for drug boss Hakan, who has to keep his customers supplied within his narrowly staked out territory. Jale, who works in the ware-house of a department store, has been pressing Can to give up this activity. Can, also fed up with his situation, sees a bright new beginning for himself and his family when Hakan offers him the prospective chance to run a bar on his very own. But Can has little control over the pressures that gradually begin to build up around him and soon finds himself floundering in quicksand.
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Title: Der Clown
Character: Cosmo Nunnari
Released: April 28, 1998
Type: TV
Der Clown was a German television series that ran between 21 April 1998 and 11 October 2001. It ran for 46 episodes, and starred Sven Martinek, Diana Frank, Thomas Anzenhofer and Volkmar Kleinert. Der Clown was also a 2005 film.
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Frankfurt Millennium
Title: Frankfurt Millennium
Character: Mustafa
Released: February 17, 1998
Type: Movie
While the masses enthusiastically meet to celebrate the new Millennium, one does not sense much commotion at the kiosk and corner bar "Das Frankfurter Kreuz ". Strangers as well as regulars come to the Kiosk owned by Walter.
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Title: Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Character: Siggi Kirchlechner
Released: January 20, 1998
Type: TV
Tierarzt Dr. Engel is a German television series.
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Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Title: Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
Released: April 1, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Character: Dieter Lohmann
Released: October 31, 1996
Type: TV
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Landgang für Ringo
Title: Landgang für Ringo
Character: Yusuf
Released: October 2, 1996
Type: Movie
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Title: Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Character: Harkan Bülent
Released: March 12, 1996
Type: TV
A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Title: Balko
Character: Achim Koch
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: TV
Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.
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Title: Balko
Character: Tobias Wölke
Released: March 19, 1995
Type: TV
Balko is a German prime time television series broadcast on the private TV channel RTL. It is a police detective story with comical twists featuring two inspectors of the Dortmund police, Balko and his colleague Klaus Krapp. Balko's main characteristics are his coolness and his consistently laid-back appearance, whereas “Krappi” is a typical mama’s boy and very clumsy. The series started in 1995 and has won several television awards.
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Mau Mau
Title: Mau Mau
Character: Schulte
Released: May 28, 1992
Type: Movie
A couple of stories revolve around the last days of a stripclub called 'Mau Mau'.
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The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Title: The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
Released: May 4, 1988
Type: Movie
An American filmmaker travels to modern day Berlin to make a film based on a real-life incident from 1942 in which 13 Jewish prisoners from a concentration camp were promised freedom if they appeared in a German propaganda film. Unfortunately, the Germans lied. The psychological process undergone by the modern filmmaker while shooting the story provides the basis of this arty and challenging film.
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Title: Der Fahnder
Character: Erol
Released: September 21, 1984
Type: TV
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
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Title: Der Fahnder
Character: Nick Peters
Released: September 21, 1984
Type: TV
Der Fahnder is a German television krimi series which was aired between 1984 and 2005. In the Netherlands the series was broadcast by the VARA from 3 October 1985.
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Title: A Case For Two
Character: Klaus
Released: September 11, 1981
Type: TV
Ein Fall für zwei is a German television series, which premiered on September 11, 1981 on ZDF. The series, located in Frankfurt am Main, features two main characters who solve crimes: a defense attorney and a private investigator. Josef Matula, a former German police officer, has gone into private business. His method of investigation is very effective and direct, and he sometimes even resorts to dirty tricks. Claus Theo Gärtner has portrayed the role since the start of the series.
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Title: Auf Achse
Character: Kemal
Released: October 28, 1980
Type: TV
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Rico Baumann
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Henkel
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Houari Al'Bakr
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Title: Scene of the Crime
Character: Gürkan Agban
Released: November 29, 1970
Type: TV
Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.
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Title: Deutscher Filmpreis
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1951
Type: TV
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North Pole
Title: North Pole
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
This is a film in the dramatic and adventure genre based on historical and real events — namely an expedition to the North Pole on the airship “”Italy”” in 1928 under the command of General Nobile, ending in the tragic crash of the aircraft. Eight countries participated in the international humanitarian rescue expedition, but only the Soviet icebreaker Krasin was able to remove the surviving crew from the pack ice.