Cast & creator
Birol Ünel
Best known for Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime, Scene of the Crime
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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film credits
20
television credits
59
1951–2018 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (59)
Showing 59 of 59 credits
Scene of the Crime
Houari Al'Bakr
1970Scene of the Crime
Gürkan Agban
1970Scene of the Crime
Rico Baumann
1970Scene of the Crime
Henkel
1970
Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police
Harkan Bülent
1996
A Case For Two
Klaus
1981German Film Award
Self
1951
Der Fahnder
Nick Peters
1984Der Fahnder
Erol
1984
Balko
Tobias Wölke
1995Balko
Achim Koch
1995
Enemy at the Gates
Politruk
2001
Auf Achse
Kemal
1980
Tierarzt Dr. Engel
Siggi Kirchlechner
1998
Der Clown
Cosmo Nunnari
1998Leute am Donnerstag
himself
2004KRIMI.DE
Herr Weiß
2005
Head-On
Cahit Tomruk
2004
Sleepless Night
Yilmaz
2011Friedemann Brix - Eine Schwäche für Mord
Dieter Lohmann
1996
Der Puma - Kämpfer mit Herz
Bernd Schlegel
2000Inspektor Rolle
Tschokan Bischkek
2002
Soul Kitchen
Shayn Weiss
2009
Dead Pool
Zohair Y. Akache aka 'Captain Mahmoud'
1997
I'm Off Then
Americo
2015
In July
Club Doyen
2000
Plan B
Hausmeister
2016
The Passenger – Welcome to Germany
1988
Transylvania
Tchangalo
2006
King of Thieves
Birol
2003
A Wopbobaloobop a Lopbamboom
1990
House of the Sleeping Beauties
Herr Gold
2006Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Günther
1999
Netekim Karakolu
2015
Mau Mau
Schulte
1992
Buddies - Leben auf der Überholspur
1997
The Moon and Other Lovers
Gansar
2008
Hürkuş: Göklerdeki Kahraman
İvan
2018
My Mother
Hasan
2002Tour Abroad
Osman
2000Landgang für Ringo
Yusuf
1996
The Unpolished
Axel
2007
Frankfurt Millennium
Mustafa
1998
Looking for Eimish
Lupô
2012Planet Alex
Milan
2001
Dealer
Erdal
1999
Robbery Alla Turca
Pamir
2005Der gestohlene Mond
Nick
2003
Valerie
Jaro
2007
North Pole
The Cricket
Worker
2011
Kalbin Zamanı
Demir
2004Unknown Friend
Moritz
1999Not a Lovestory
Guru
2004
Back to Nothing
Kongo
2016
Showman Olli Schulz
Therapeut
2012
German Dream
Birol Ünel
2004
Blackberry
Sylvester
2002
Falling
Aslan
2016