Elyas M'Barek
🎭 Actor

Elyas M'Barek

🎂 Born 29 May 1982 (age 44)📍 Munich, Germany
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits

Elyas M’Barek is an Austrian actor. M’Barek made his first feature film appearance while still in school, playing the character "Blaubart" in Dennis Gansel’s *Mädchen, Mädchen*. In the ARD early-evening series *Türkisch für Anfänger* (Turkish for Beginners), he played Cemil (Cem) Öztürk—a macho character of Turkish descent whose father moves in with a German woman and her children. In 2006, he was awarded the German Television Prize in the category "Best Lead Actor in a Series" for this role. That same year, the series itself received the German Television Prize in the category "Best Series." M’Barek played one of the lead roles in the film *Wholetrain*, which is set within the graffiti scene. In 2008, he portrayed the Turkish teenager Sinan in the film adaptation of the novel *Die Welle* (The Wave). From 2009 to 2011, he appeared in the medical series *Doctor’s Diary*, and in 2010, he played the young Bushido in *Zeiten ändern dich*. He also appeared as Flo in the film *Teufelskicker*. Filming began on September 21, 2010, for the movie *What a Man*, which was released in German cinemas in August 2011. Also in 2011, he appeared in the film *Biss zur großen Pause – Das Highschool Vampir Grusical* (Bite Until the Big Break – The High School Vampire Musical), a production of ProSieben's *Funny Movie* series. In 2012, M’Barek could be seen in the feature films *Türkisch für Anfänger*, *Fünf Freunde* (Five Friends), *Offroad*, and *Heiter bis wolkig*. On October 25, 2012, the animated feature *Hotel Transylvania* was released, in which he—alongside Josefine Preuß—lent his voice to one of the lead roles. In September 2012, M’Barek’s role in the film adaptations of *The Mortal Instruments* book series was confirmed. In November 2013, the comedy *Fack ju Göhte* was released, in which he took on the role of Zeki Müller. He reprised this role in the sequel *Fack ju Göhte 2*, which hit theaters in September 2015. In the film adaptation *The Physician*, M’Barek starred alongside Tom Payne and Ben Kingsley. In February 2015, he appeared on the big screen as Joseph in the comedy *Traumfrauen*, in which he played a leading role alongside Hannah Herzsprung, Karoline Herfurth, Palina Rojinski, and Iris Berben. In November 2016, the comedy *Welcome to Germany*—in which M’Barek appears as the doctor Tarek Berger—was released in theaters.

Known For

Full Filmography(40 films)

YearTitleRating
2014Who Am I★ 7.62013The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones★ 6.42013The Physician★ 7.32024Chantal in Fairyland★ 5.62008The Wave★ 7.52009Rabbit Without Ears 2★ 5.82019The Collini Case★ 7.42013Suck Me Shakespeer★ 7.02026Virginia Woolf's Night & Day2017Suck Me Shakespeer 3★ 6.12012Famous Five★ 6.42011Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods★ 5.62011What a Man★ 5.32019The Perfect Secret★ 6.52010The Devil's Kickers★ 6.42012Turkish for Beginners★ 6.12017This Crazy Heart★ 7.32014The Man Cave★ 5.72015Dreamgirls★ 5.82009Men in the City★ 6.12015Suck Me Shakespeer 2★ 6.52016Welcome to Hartmanns★ 6.32017Bullyparade: The Movie★ 5.32022Love Thing★ 5.32024Old White Man★ 6.92020What We Wanted★ 5.82020Nightlife★ 6.12010Times Change You★ 4.12002Epsteins Nacht★ 9.02022A Thousand Lines★ 6.02010Undercover Love★ 6.02006Wholetrain★ 6.52011Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical★ 6.02012Partly Sunny★ 6.22017Teenosaurus Rex★ 5.32011Klaus2012Offroad★ 5.32002Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung★ 6.02011Rottmann schlägt zurück2006Deutschmänner★ 3.3
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