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Elyas M'Barek

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Elyas M'Barek
M'Barek in 2025
Born (1982-05-29) 29 May 1982 (age 43)
CitizenshipAustrian
OccupationActor
Years active2001–present

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.

Early life and education

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Elyas M'Barek was born in Munich, Germany on 29 May 1982,[1] to an Austrian mother and a Tunisian father.[2]

Career

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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.[1]

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,[3] 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 [de] feature film. He played a vampire in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013).[4]

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.[5] The same year he had a supporting role in the adventure film The Physician,[6] which was also a box-office hit in Germany.[7] The same year, he voiced Art in the German version of Monsters University.[citation needed]

In 2019 he starred as Leo Keschwari in the social comedy The Perfect Secret [de], and in 2020 the comedy Nightlife, as Milo.[1] 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 [de].[1][8]

In 2025 he appears as Rahid Youseffi, a Tunisian political refugee, in the crime drama television series Smilla's Sense of Snow, an international co-production created and directed by British director Amma Asante.[9][10][11] It is his first lead role in an international production.[12]

Filmography

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Film

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Television films

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

Television series

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Elyas M'Barek". filmportal.de (in German). 29 May 1982. Archived from the original on 12 January 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  2. ^ "Elyas M'Barek". n-tv (in German). 25 April 2016. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Weil M'Bareks Mutter aus Österreich kommt, hat der 33-Jährige auch die österreichische Staatsbürgerschaft. Sein Vater ist Tunesier. [English: Because M'Barek's mother is from Austria, the 33-year-old also holds Austrian citizenship. His father is Tunisian.
  3. ^ "Elyas M'Barek". Coolspotters. Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  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 (6 December 2014). "Film Review: 'The Physician'". Variety. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Excellent box-office start for Der Medicus (The Physician)". RTL Group. 1 June 2014.
  8. ^ "Alter weißer Mann". filmportal.de (in German). 5 June 2025. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  9. ^ Vlessing, Etan (24 September 2020). "Amma Asante to Direct Drama 'Smilla's Sense of Snow'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  10. ^ Knox, David (23 July 2025). "World Premiere: Smilla's Sense of Snow". TV Tonight. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Constantin Film's Smilla's Sense of Snow adaption lands Amma Asante to direct". Constantin Film. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  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. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
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