The German-Turkish actor Birol Ünel has died.
He was best known for his participation in several Fatih Akın films.
But he has also played in a Hollywood film.
The German actor Birol Ünal died of cancer.
The actor with Turkish roots is best known for his roles in Fatih Akin's films.
He has also played alongside Hollywood greats like Jude Law.
Berlin - The
German-Turkish actor
Birol Ünel died
in Berlin at the age of only 59.
"Maxim-Gorki-Theater" director Shermin Langhoff confirmed the sad message to the
picture
: "Birol Ünel died on Thursday afternoon in the Vivantes Klinikum Friedrichshain."
The actor suffered from
cancer
.
Ünel was
hospitalized
on August 18th
, after which his condition deteriorated.
Birol Ünel: Special collaboration with award-winning director Fatih Akin - he was also allowed to play alongside Hollywood stars
Ünel
was born in Silifke in
southern Turkey
in
1961
and came to Germany with his parents in 1968.
There he grew up in Brinkum near Bremen.
Ünel began his career as a theater actor at the Berlin Kunsthaus Tacheles.
He celebrated his breakthrough in the film
"Against the Wall"
by award-winning director
Fatih Akin
.
For his performance in the film, he was awarded the German Film Prize for Best Actor.
He often starred in Akin's films, such as "Soul Kitchen" or "In July".
Akin says goodbye to him on his Instagram account with the words: “Rest in peace, my friend.
You had a light in you that has always overwhelmed me. "
Check out this post on Instagram
Rest in peace my friend.
You had a light in you that has always overwhelmed me.
Işıklar içinde yat!
Rest In Peace, dear friend.
Your light was shining bright!
A post shared by Fatih Akin (@fatih_bombero) on Sep 4, 2020 at 2:41 am PDT
In the Hollywood film
"Duel - Enemy at the Gates"
he appeared on the side of the super stars
Jude Law
and
Ed Harris
.
Hollywood star Chadwick Boseman recently died of complications from cancer *.
The "Black Panther" star wrote one last emotional message to the film producer.
The German cartoonist Uli Stein is also mourned.
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