Elyas M'Barek
Elyas M'Barek (German: [eˈliːas əmˈbaːʁɛk]; born 29 May 1982) 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.
Elyas M'Barek

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- Born
- 1982. · Munich.
- Nationality
- Austria and Germany.
- Occupation
- actor and altar server.
- Fields
- film acting.
- Honours
- Romy, Bambi Award, Jupiter Awards and Medal for outstanding service to Bavaria in a united Europe.
- Languages
- German.
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Elyas M'Barek (German: [eˈliːas əmˈbaːʁɛk]; born 29 May 1982) 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.
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Early life
Early life
The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is film acting. Residence is recorded at Sendling and Munich. Distinctions recorded are Romy, Bambi Award, Jupiter Awards and Medal for outstanding service to Bavaria in a united Europe.
Elyas M'Barek was born in Munich, West Germany on 29 May 1982, to an Austrian mother and a Tunisian father.
Career
Career
M'Barek's acting talent was discovered when he was still in high school, and 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, 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 Turkish for Beginners feature film. He played a vampire in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013). 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. The same year he had a supporting role in the adventure film The Physician, which was also a box-office hit in Germany. The same year, he voiced Art in the German version of Monsters University. In 2019 he starred as Leo Keschwari in the social comedy The Perfect Secret, and in 2020 the comedy Nightlife, as Milo. In the latter, he worked with director Simon Verhoeven, with whom he had also worked in Welcome to Germany in 2016, and again in 2024 in Old White Man. In 2025 he appeared as Rahid Youseffi, a Tunisian political refugee, in the TV crime drama series Smilla's Sense of Snow, an international co-production created and directed by British director Amma Asante. This was his first lead role in an international production.

Elyas M'Barek on the red carpet of the Romy TV awards 2016 at Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria.
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Elyas M’Barek at the opening 75th Berlin International Film Festival
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Sendling and Munich.
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Munich.
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- 1.Elyas M'Barek. filmportal.de. 29 May 1982.
- 2.Elyas M'Barek. n-tv. 25 April 2016.
- 3.Elyas M'Barek. Coolspotters.
- 4.German Star Elyas M'Barek Cast as Vampire in 'Mortal Instruments'.
- 5.FACK JU GÖHTE knackt die 3 Mio-Besuchermarke asapissimo, retrieved 25 November 2013
- 6.Debruge, Peter. Film Review: 'The Physician'. Variety. 6 December 2014.
- 7.Excellent box-office start for Der Medicus (The Physician). RTL Group. 1 June 2014.
- 8.Alter weißer Mann. filmportal.de. 5 June 2025.
- 9.Vlessing, Etan. Amma Asante to Direct Drama 'Smilla's Sense of Snow'. The Hollywood Reporter. 24 September 2020.
- 10.Knox, David. World Premiere: Smilla's Sense of Snow. TV Tonight. 23 July 2025.
- 11.Constantin Film's Smilla's Sense of Snow adaption lands Amma Asante to direct. Constantin Film.
- 12.Distributed by ITV Studios: Filippa Coster-Waldau, Elyas M'Barek and Henry Lloyd-Hughes Star in Smilla's Sense Of Snow. ITV Press Centre. 2 December 2024.
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