Elyas M'Barek
Birthday: 1982-05-29
Birthplace: Munich, Germany
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2026-10-22 | The Perfect Holiday | Leo |
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2026-06-19 | Virginia Woolf's Night & Day | Ralph Denham |
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2024-10-31 | Old White Man | Älex Sahavi |
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2024-03-28 | Chantal in Fairyland | Zeki Müller |
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2022-09-29 | A Thousand Lines | Juan Romero |
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2022-07-07 | Love Thing | Marvin |
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2020-11-11 | What We Wanted | Niklas |
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2020-02-13 | Nightlife | Milo |
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2019-10-31 | The Perfect Secret | Leo |
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2019-04-18 | The Collini Case | Caspar Leinen |
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2017-12-21 | This Crazy Heart | Lenny Reinhard |
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2017-10-26 | Suck Me Shakespeer 3 | Zeki Müller |
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2017-08-17 | Bullyparade: The Movie | |
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2016-11-03 | Welcome to Hartmanns | Dr. Tarek Berger |
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2015-09-10 | Suck Me Shakespeer 2 | Zeki Müller |
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2015-02-19 | Dreamgirls | Joseph |
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2014-10-02 | The Man Cave | Errol |
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2014-09-25 | Who Am I | Max |
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2013-12-25 | The Physician | Karim |
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2013-11-07 | Suck Me Shakespeer | Zeki Müller |
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2013-08-21 | The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones | The Vampire Leader |
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2012-09-06 | Partly Sunny | Can |
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2012-03-14 | Turkish for Beginners | Cem Öztürk |
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2012-01-25 | Famous Five | Vince |
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2012-01-11 | Offroad | Salim |
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2011-11-28 | Sprich mit! – Deutsch lernen ist cool! | Yussuf |
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2011-09-28 | Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods | Kerkerwächter #2 |
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2011-08-25 | What a Man | Okke |
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2011-03-19 | Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical | Günni Wolfenstein |
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2011-01-02 | Rottmann schlägt zurück | Deniz Öktay |
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2011-01-01 | Klaus | Verdeckter Ermittler |
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2010-12-29 | Undercover Love | Sam McPhearson |
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2010-03-11 | The Devil's Kickers | Flo |
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2010-02-04 | Times Change You | Young Anis |
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2009-11-24 | Rabbit Without Ears 2 | Samy |
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2009-09-09 | Men in the City | Aggro Berlin Member |
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2008-03-13 | The Wave | Sinan |
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2006-10-05 | Wholetrain | Elyas |
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2006-01-16 | Deutschmänner | Machmuts Kumpel |
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2002-11-10 | Epsteins Nacht | Epstein (19 Jahre) |
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2002-10-18 | Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung | Rosenverkäufer |
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2001-10-29 | Rieke's Love |