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Birol Unel (born 18 August 1961 in Silifke, Turkey) is an actor. Birol has acted in a number of German and Turkish films and TV series along with theatre. His name, "Birol", means "unique" in Turkish.
Unel was born in Silifke in southern Turkey. In 1968, his family moved
to Brinkum near Bremen in Germany. He studied acting at Hanover
Conservatory.
Unel 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 1987's The passenger. He played a private detective in the
film Dealer which he followed up with a role in Fatih Akin'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 and Seven Heroes. Unel also acted in the hit Turkish film Hirsiz var! in 2005
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