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Elyas M'Barek

{{short description|Austrian-born, Germany-based actor (born 1982)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Elyas M'Barek

| image = Elyas M’Barek-2670.jpg

| caption = M'Barek in 2025

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|5|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Munich, West Germany

| citizenship = Austria{{Cite web |date=25 April 2016 |title=Elyas M'Barek will österreichischen Pass abgeben |url=https://www.n-tv.de/der_tag/Elyas-M-Barek-will-oesterreichischen-Pass-abgeben-article17552046.html |access-date=11 January 2024 |website=n-tv |language=de}}

| occupation = Actor

| years active = 2001–present

}}

Elyas M'Barek ({{IPA|de|eˈliːas əmˈbaːʁɛk|lang}}; born 29 May 1982){{Cite web|title=Elyas M'Barek|url=http://www.moviesection.de/schauspieler/1795-Elyas_M_Barek|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227074831/http://www.moviesection.de/schauspieler/1795-Elyas_M_Barek|archive-date=27 February 2012|website=moviesection.de|language=de}} is an Austrian actor based in Germany. He gained recognition for his roles in the comedy television series Türkisch für Anfänger and the 2013 comedy film Fack ju Göhte.

Early life

M'Barek was born in Munich, to an Austrian mother and a Tunisian father. His younger brother Joseph is also an actor and lives in Germany. At the age of 22, M'Barek finished school.

Career

He began acting in 2001 in Dennis Gansel's sex comedy Mädchen, Mädchen. He is best known for playing Cem Öztürk, a young Turk, in Türkisch für Anfänger (2006). Alongside Arnel Taci, who in Türkisch für Anfänger was his best friend,{{Cite web|url=http://coolspotters.com/actors/elyas-mbarek|title=Elyas M'Barek|last=Inc.(tm)|first=Website Brands|website=Coolspotters|language=en|access-date=29 January 2018|archive-date=30 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130013800/http://coolspotters.com/actors/elyas-mbarek|url-status=dead}} he acted in the TV series "Abschnitt 40".

In 2008, he appeared in Gansel's acclaimed drama film Die Welle, in the role of Sinan, a student who embraces fascism. In 2012, he reunited with Mädchen, Mädchen and Die Welle co-star Max Riemelt in the drama film Heiter bis Wolkig opposite Jessica Schwarz and Anna Fischer and played a lead in the {{Ill|Turkish for Beginners (film)|de|3=Türkisch für Anfänger (Film)|lt=Turkish for Beginners}} feature film. He played a vampire in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).{{Cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/german-star-elyas-mbarek-cast-364722 |title = German Star Elyas M'Barek Cast as Vampire in 'Mortal Instruments'}}

In 2013, he starred in Fack ju Göhte, which was seen by three million people in 17 days and became the most successful German film of the year.[http://www.presseportal.de/pm/12946/2605927/fack-ju-goehte-knackt-die-3-mio-besuchermarke-asapissimo/rss FACK JU GÖHTE knackt die 3 Mio-Besuchermarke asapissimo], retrieved 25 November 2013 The same year he had a supporting role in the adventure film The Physician,{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/reviews/film-review-the-physician-1201371944/|title=Film Review: 'The Physician'|last=Debruge|first=Peter|date=6 December 2014|work=Variety|access-date=29 January 2018|language=en-US}} which was also a box-office hit in Germany.{{cite news| url=http://www.rtlgroup.com/www/htm/home_news.aspx?ID=374C8F3DDBD74726A4776297A73676AE | work=RTL Group | title=Excellent box-office start for Der Medicus (The Physician) | date=1 June 2014}}

The same year, he voiced Art in the German version of Monsters University.

Filmography

Film

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Television films

  • 2002: Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung - Rosenverkäufer
  • 2002: Die Stimmen
  • 2005: Deutschmänner - Machmuts Kumpel
  • 2009: Die ProSieben Märchenstunde: Kalif Storch
  • 2010: {{Ill|Undercover Love|de}} - Sam McPhearson
  • 2011: Rottmann schlägt zurück - Deniz Öktay
  • 2011: Biss zur großen Pause – Das Highschool Vampir Grusical

Television series

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDb name|1065929}}

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Category:1982 births

Category:Living people

Category:Austrian male film actors

Category:Austrian male television actors

Category:Austrian male voice actors

Category:Austrian people of Tunisian descent

Category:Male actors from Munich

Category:21st-century Austrian male actors