Elyas M'Barek
Born
29 May 1982 (43)
Place of Birth
Munich, Germany
Also known as
Elyas M'barek
Biography
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. T...
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.
Filmography (40)
The Perfect Holiday
2026
Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
2026
Old White Man
2024
Chantal in Fairyland
2024
A Thousand Lines
2022
Love Thing
2022
What We Wanted
2020
Nightlife
2020
The Perfect Secret
2019
The Collini Case
2019
This Crazy Heart
2017
Suck Me Shakespeer 3
2017
Bullyparade: The Movie
2017
Teenosaurus Rex
2017
Welcome to Hartmanns
2016
Suck Me Shakespeer 2
2015
Dreamgirls
2015
The Man Cave
2014
Who Am I
2014
The Physician
2013
Suck Me Shakespeer
2013
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
2013
Partly Sunny
2012
Turkish for Beginners
2012
Famous Five
2012
Offroad
2012
Sprich mit! – Deutsch lernen ist cool!
2011
Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods
2011
What a Man
2011
Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical
2011
Rottmann schlägt zurück
2011
Klaus
2011
Undercover Love
2010
The Devil's Kickers
2010
Times Change You
2010
Rabbit Without Ears 2
2009
Men in the City
2009
The Wave
2008
Wholetrain
2006
Deutschmänner
2006