Elyas M\u2019Barek is an Austrian actor.<\/p>\n
M\u2019Barek made his first feature film appearance while still in school, playing the character “Blaubart” in Dennis Gansel\u2019s *M\u00e4dchen, M\u00e4dchen*. In the ARD early-evening series *T\u00fcrkisch f\u00fcr Anf\u00e4nger* (Turkish for Beginners), he played Cemil (Cem) \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2014a 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.”<\/p>\n
M\u2019Barek 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\u2019s Diary*, and in 2010, he played the young Bushido in *Zeiten \u00e4ndern 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 gro\u00dfen Pause \u2013 Das Highschool Vampir Grusical* (Bite Until the Big Break \u2013 The High School Vampire Musical), a production of ProSieben’s *Funny Movie* series. In 2012, M\u2019Barek could be seen in the feature films *T\u00fcrkisch f\u00fcr Anf\u00e4nger*, *F\u00fcnf Freunde* (Five Friends), *Offroad*, and *Heiter bis wolkig*. On October 25, 2012, the animated feature *Hotel Transylvania* was released, in which he\u2014alongside Josefine Preu\u00df\u2014lent his voice to one of the lead roles. In September 2012, M\u2019Barek\u2019s role in the film adaptations of *The Mortal Instruments* book series was confirmed.<\/p>\n
In November 2013, the comedy *Fack ju G\u00f6hte* was released, in which he took on the role of Zeki M\u00fcller. He reprised this role in the sequel *Fack ju G\u00f6hte 2*, which hit theaters in September 2015. In the film adaptation *The Physician*, M\u2019Barek 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*\u2014in which M\u2019Barek appears as the doctor Tarek Berger\u2014was released in theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elyas M\u2019Barek is an Austrian actor. M\u2019Barek made his first feature film appearance while still in school, playing the character “Blaubart” in Dennis Gansel\u2019s *M\u00e4dchen, M\u00e4dchen*. In the ARD early-evening series *T\u00fcrkisch f\u00fcr Anf\u00e4nger* (Turkish for Beginners), he played Cemil (Cem) \u00d6zt\u00fcrk\u2014a macho character of Turkish descent whose father moves in with a German woman […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-32714","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n