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Birol Ünel

1961 - 2020

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Birol Ünel (18 August 1961 – 3 September 2020) was a Turkish-German actor who played in German and Turkish films, television, and theatrical productions. He was perhaps best known for his role as the alcoholic Cahit Tomruk in Fatih Akin's 2004 drama film Head-On, for which he received the German film prize for Best Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birol Ünel is the 4,810th most popular actor (up from 4,933rd in 2019), the 1,136th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,150th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Turkish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Birol Ünel ranks 4,810 out of 13,578. Before him are Vladimir Korenev, Kristen Cloke, Metaksia Simonyan, Aracy Balabanian, Ian Abercrombie, and Henry Daniell. After him are Polly Bergen, Penn Badgley, Anselmo Duarte, Lola Falana, Wilfrid Hyde-White, and Lawrence Gilliard Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1961, Birol Ünel ranks 273. Before him are Timur Bekmambetov, Ronald J. Garan Jr., Claude Puel, Eric van de Poele, Eric Chu, and Greg Egan. After him are Antonia San Juan, Margaret Mazzantini, Carlos Vives, Zoran Vulić, Bob Dadae, and Andy Taylor. Among people deceased in 2020, Birol Ünel ranks 471. Before him are Borislav Stanković, Ruth Klüger, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Silva Batuta, Yehoshua Kenaz, and Kansai Yamamoto. After him are Rudi Hoffmann, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Helen Reddy, Regis Philbin, Dieter Krause, and Nikolai Gubenko.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Birol Ünel ranks 1,136 out of 1,347. Before him are Ruhi Sarıalp (1924), Nezihe Muhiddin (1889), Halit Akçatepe (1938), Necati Şaşmaz (1971), Cevdet Yılmaz (1967), and Kerem Bürsin (1987). After him are Abdülhak Hâmid Tarhan (1852), Nouriel Roubini (1958), Mahmut Atalay (1934), Hülya Koçyiğit (1947), Serenus Sammonicus (200), and Cyril Mango (1928).

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Among ACTORS In Türkiye

Among actors born in Türkiye, Birol Ünel ranks 35. Before him are Afife Jale (1902), Charles Gérard (1922), Kenan İmirzalıoğlu (1974), Halit Akçatepe (1938), Necati Şaşmaz (1971), and Kerem Bürsin (1987). After him are Hülya Koçyiğit (1947), Demet Özdemir (1992), Mehmet Günsür (1975), Murat Yıldırım (1979), Ayşen Gruda (1944), and Çağatay Ulusoy (1990).

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