Elyas M'Barek

Acting

Elyas M'Barek

Born

1982-05-29 (44)

Place of birth

Munich, Germany

Known for

Acting

Credits

88 titles

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 sc…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 9 titles

Virginia Woolf's Night & Day poster
6.3

In 1910 London, independent-minded Katharine Hilbery defies her family's expectations of marriage to pursue a career in astronomy. But when her father pressures her into an unwanted engagement, her resolve is tested. Through new friendships—including a bold suffragette and a thoughtful editor—Katharine begins to question the limits placed on her by society, love, and tradition, ultimately searching for a path that is truly her own.

Virginia Woolf's Night & Day

2026

What We Wanted poster
5.8

Alice and Niklas are a young couple who's biggest wish is to have a child of their own. After several failed attempts they decide to go on a holiday in Sardinia to clear their minds. There they meet a family from Austria that seems to have everything they ever wished for. But appearances can be deceiving...

What We Wanted

2020

A Thousand Lines poster
6.0

Star reporter Lars Bogenius is a respected journalist and knows how to wow his readers and critics with emotional reportage. Emotional, realistic and moving, his style regularly promises to win him the industry's most coveted awards. His publishing house is also grateful to the exceptional journalist, because the paper's numbers are sinking and are being cushioned by Bogenius' reportage, among other things. Everything sounds too good to be true - at least that's the opinion of freelance journalist Juan Romero, who takes on the inconsistencies and looks deeper behind Bogenius' research and reportage. It's a dangerous plan that faces numerous obstacles. But what he discovers turns out to be the biggest journalism scandal in Germany.

A Thousand Lines

2022

Chantal in Fairyland poster
5.7

Chantal, an influencer with no followers, and her best friend Zeynep end up in a fairytale world thanks to an antique magic mirror that they think is a social media gimmick. The marriage-mad princes didn't expect such a badass princess. Thanks to her ghetto skills, Chantal does away with reactionary fairytale clichés, fights against curses and tyrannical kings - and, above all, fights for her friendship with Zeynep.

Chantal in Fairyland

2024

Nightlife poster
6.1

Milo works as a bartender in Berlin and one night gets to know his dream woman Sunny through a series of coincidences. The two meet for a date, but the perfect romantic evening so far.

Nightlife

2020

The Perfect Holiday poster
NR

The group of friends from “Das perfekte Geheimnis” have to ask themselves the question on a chaotic short trip to the south: Is there life after the truth or is their friendship over?

The Perfect Holiday

2026

Love Thing poster
5.3

Red carpet, spotlights, screaming fans, photo- graphers chasing for the best photo, camera teams waiting for interviews - a premiere is about to take place and everyone’s eagerly awaiting to see Germany‘s biggest film star, Marvin Bosch. But Marvin’s nowhere to be seen after his interview with the bitchy tabloid journalist Bettina Bamberger ended in disaster. On the run from the media, the star lands in a small, independent feminist LGBT+ theater called “3000” of all places, which is on the verge of going out of business.

Love Thing

2022

No artwork available
NR

When Frankie, a mangy talking street cat, stops the depressed Gold from committing suicide, a unique friendship begins in which both cling to each other and find their way back to life.

Frankie

2027

Old White Man poster
6.8

In order to finally get that long-awaited promotion, Heinz Hellmich, an old white man, has to show his "wokest" side at work. When he invites his superiors to a private dinner at his home, his family's politically correct façade quickly begins to crumble and the evening takes a hair-raising turn.

Old White Man

2024

2010s · 27 titles

The Physician poster
7.3

England, 1021: Born in a miserable mining town, Robert Cole swears to become a physician and vanquish disease and death. His harsh path of many years, a quest for knowledge besieged by countless challenges and sacrifices, leads him to the remote Isfahan, in Persia, where he meets Ibn Sina, the greatest healer of his time.

The Physician

2013

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones poster
6.4

In New York City, Clary Fray, a seemingly ordinary teenager, learns that she is descended from a line of Shadowhunters — half-angel warriors who protect humanity from evil forces. After her mother disappears, Clary joins forces with a group of Shadowhunters and enters Downworld, an alternate realm filled with demons, vampires, and a host of other creatures. Clary and her companions must find and protect an ancient cup that holds the key to her mother's future.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones

2013

Who Am I poster
7.6

Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.

Who Am I

2014

The Collini Case poster
7.4

A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.

The Collini Case

2019

Suck Me Shakespeer poster
7.0

Ex-con Zeki Müller goes undercover as a teacher at a below average Gymnasium to find money he'd stashed prior to incarceration.

Suck Me Shakespeer

2013

Famous Five poster
6.3

The film recounts the adventures of Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog on their first holiday together at the seaside. In an old smugglers' cave, the children happen to overhear a radio message that refers to the abduction of George’s father Quentin. The professor has set up a laboratory on Kirrin Island where he’s doing research on a new energy generation method. Someone has obviously taken great interest in the valuable research results. But neither the police nor George’s mother Fanny believe the children. They are now on their own and discover a conspiracy that almost takes their breath away.

Famous Five

2012

Suck Me Shakespeer 3 poster
6.1

A bank robber becomes a teacher after being released from prison and finds himself at the center of a number of crazy adventures.

Suck Me Shakespeer 3

2017

What a Man poster
5.3

What a man is a comedy that tells the story of a young professor, Alex (Matthias Schweighofer), who after being left by his girlfriend Caroline (Mavie Hörbiger), begins a journey to know himself. But how do you overcome the difficulties of a man today? Or rather what is it that makes a man a man?

What a Man

2011

Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods poster
5.6

When the mighty Viking Halvar suddenly disappears, his clever but timid son Wickie must lead the Vikings on a dangerous journey to rescue his father from the evil Sven and go in search of the legendary treasure of the gods.

Wickie and the Treasure of the Gods

2011

Welcome to Hartmanns poster
6.3

The Hartmann family is turned upside down when mother Angelika decides to take in the refugee Diallo, against her husband's will. Amidst the typical chaos of our time, hope remains that the family finds its stability, confidence and peace again - just like the whole country.

Welcome to Hartmanns

2016

Turkish for Beginners poster
6.1

During an emergency landing on a deserted island suddenly traumatized by antiauthoritarian education Lena Schneider together with the Turkish Super Macho Cem Öztürk must fight for survival. After initially Cem macho repulsive acts on Lena, a jellyfish in the water and sand in a bikini, she recognizes the time the romantic core behind his cool facade. Meanwhile, meet also their parents, who obdurate psychologist Doris and Metin Öztürk to work together to find their missing children. So both generations take an involuntary Turkish Basic Course for beginners.

Turkish for Beginners

2012

Suck Me Shakespeer 2 poster
6.5

A rowdy teacher accompanies a class trip to Thailand to recover some diamonds accidentally sent there and restore the school's reputation.

Suck Me Shakespeer 2

2015

This Crazy Heart poster
7.3

When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules to fulfill his young friend’s every wish.

This Crazy Heart

2017

Bullyparade: The Movie poster
5.3

A multi-episode movie based on the skit TV show "bullyparade".

Bullyparade: The Movie

2017

The Perfect Secret poster
6.5

Seven friends - three women and four men - meet for dinner. Everyone should put their cell phone on the table. No matter what message comes in - anyone can read it and listen to the phone calls. However, this leads to a lot of chaos.

The Perfect Secret

2019

Undercover Love poster
6.0

After 15 years of marriage, housewife and mother Susanne Müller finds out that her husband Johannes doesn't earn his living as a computer chip salesman, but works as an agent for SKD, Sonderkommando Deutschland. Without thinking twice, she decides to free her husband from the clutches of an egomaniacal double agent who wants to take over the world with a lost secret weapon from the Third Reich. However, before the couple can save the world, they first have to repair their relationship. Shots are fired with lipsticks, UFOs and well-dosed punchlines...

Undercover Love

2010

Teenosaurus Rex poster
5.3

She was sweet, she was cute. But just before her 14th birthday, Daddy’s little princess mutates into a petulant pubescent nightmare. Journalist Hannes Wenger decides to take a time-out from work to guide his daughter Carla through this difficult phase in her life and, above all, to keep her away from alcohol, boys and other temptations. This is easier said than done, however, and when his wife Sara goes back to work, Hannes proves himself entirely inept at raising a teenager. Whether it’s Carla’s birthday party, her mobile phone contract or her first time, Hannes makes one awkward blunder after another. The fact that other teens have embarrassing fathers provides only faint consolation; Hannes’ best friend is a war reporter named Holger who prefers to be shot at in war zones rather than stay at home and be driven crazy by his own teenage nightmare.

Teenosaurus Rex

2017

Times Change You poster
4.1

After the bestselling book comes the film about Germany's most successful rapper: authentic, provocative and radical. Despite all his successes, Bushido has to face the demons of his past again and again.

Times Change You

2010

The Man Cave poster
5.7

Quotas for women, parking spaces for women, online shopping, small talk and gossip. Software developer Erol, porta-potty rep Lars, and commercial pilot Helmut are licking the wounds of their masculinity – a female-free zone is what’s needed! In the boiler room of their recently built housing complex, the three stressed husbands create a secret refuge where they can watch football, eat fast-food, drink beer and curse the opposite sex undisturbed. When Aykut, the complex’s facility manager, discovers their last bastion of masculinity, he threatens to close it down. One thing is for sure, the men are not going to give up their little slice of paradise without a fight. Based on the stage play bearing the same name, director Franziska Meyer Price allows men to return to rebellious ladhood.

The Man Cave

2014

The Devil's Kickers poster
6.4

After his parents separate and he loses his place on the soccer team, Moritz must put together a new team against incredible odds.

The Devil's Kickers

2010

Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical poster
6.0

The last three vampires in the world - Edwin Wolkenstein, his father Vladimor and his brother Günni - are driven out of Transylvania by the vampire hunter Ignaz van Hellbring. Edwin, of all people, knows where they can find shelter: with Edwin's pen pal Fella. Once there, Edwin realizes that Fella has lied to him. She is not the blonde musical beauty, but a nerd girl. But Edwin doesn't go down particularly well with his new classmates either...

Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical

2011

Partly Sunny poster
6.2

Two young guys in a bar hit on the woman they fancy by sending one of them over who tells her that the other one is terminally ill...

Partly Sunny

2012

Dreamgirls poster
5.8

Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and romance, Leni who runs a coffee shop and has just been ditched by her long term boyfriend, and Vivienne who ends up falling in love with a puppy-eyed pasta designer with 21 dogs.

Dreamgirls

2015

Rottmann schlägt zurück poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rottmann schlägt zurück

2011

Offroad poster
5.3

Meike has had enough of a comfortable life and ventures out on a risky off-road adventure in a jeep she bought at auction.

Offroad

2012

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sprich mit! – Deutsch lernen ist cool!

2011

Klaus poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Klaus

2011

2000s · 9 titles

The Wave poster
7.5

A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily the masses can become manipulated.

The Wave

2008

Rabbit Without Ears 2 poster
5.8

Two years have passed. There is a normal life, but handsome Ludo meets his old love, and Anna is very jealous...

Rabbit Without Ears 2

2009

Girls on Top poster
5.2

The adventures of three teenage girls - Inken, Vicky and Lena - and their quest to have their first orgasm.

Girls on Top

2001

Men in the City poster
6.2

Follows six very different men and their struggles with women, family and work. Yet, they are somehow connected to each other.

Men in the City

2009

Epsteins Nacht poster
9.0

Jochen Epstein is released from prison after serving 15 years for murder. He is determined to emigrate from Germany and leave the past behind him forever. But familiar places, repressed memories and a never-forgotten girlfriend break the armor that the old man has built around himself. It all began on his last night in freedom: during a chance visit to a Christian service, Epstein believes he recognizes his former concentration camp tormentor Giesser in the parish priest.

Epsteins Nacht

2002

Rieke's Love poster
6.1

A young figure-skater becomes jealous when her brother, also a young figure-skater, falls for another young female figure-skater. She thought she was all that he needs.

Rieke's Love

2001

Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung poster
6.0

The firefighter Erik wants to make a proposal to his girlfriend Sofie, but at the crucial moment sparkles the attractive Melissa in between. When Sofie learns that Erik had a fleeting affair with Melissa on Carnival, a world collapses for her. But the two gather again, as Erik promises high and holy that such a thing will never happen again. To underline the seriousness of his intentions, he makes her an unconventional offer: he "gives" her an infidelity. He should not have done that, because suddenly he threatens to lose Sofie to his best friend.

Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung

2002

Deutschmänner poster
4.3

Macedonian Don and his buddy Kalle have been friends since childhood and have practically spent their whole lives together. They now live together in a shared flat and are about to graduate with a brilliant degree in civil engineering when terrible news arrives: Don is to be deported after all these years in Germany! What's more, his mother sends him a cake from Macedonia - Don thinks he's supposed to marry his promised fiancée Hatice... Don and Kalle, machos of the finest kind, start to panic. Only Hedi, the neighbor who studies psychology, stays cool and has the idea that saves the day: Don should simply enter into a sham marriage so that he can stay in Germany... But it's not that easy, because Don and Kalle have only ever used women and seen them as sex objects...

Deutschmänner

2006

Wholetrain poster
6.5

This feature takes a look at the graffiti movement and young people who populate the niche culture. Following four such artists as they shape the graffiti community through both their art and their interactions, the film tells the story of how the foursome's decision to paint an entire train would affect their lives forever.

Wholetrain

2006

Series credits

DAS! poster
4.7

Every evening at 6:45 p.m. sharp, a prominent guest takes a seat on the red sofa—and DAS! provides daily updates on what's hot in the north.

DAS!

1991

No artwork available
4.4

No synopsis available yet.

Volle Kanne

1999

Morgenmagazin poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

Morgenmagazin

1992

Leute heute poster
5.2

No synopsis available yet.

Leute heute

1997

Kölner Treff poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

Kölner Treff

1976

SOKO München poster
5.9

SOKO 5113 is a long-running German police procedural television series. It was first aired in 1978 on 2 January. SOKO is an abbreviation of the term "Sonderkommission" in German.

SOKO München

1978

NDR Talk Show poster
6.6

No synopsis available yet.

NDR Talk Show

1979

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police poster
6.6

A long-running German television series about a two-man team of highway police, originally set in Berlin and later in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police

1996

Großstadtrevier poster
6.0

Follow the everyday work of a fictional police station on the Kiez of Hamburg.

Großstadtrevier

1986

Hamburg Dockland poster
5.8

Shows the interaction between Hamburg police officers and paramedics.

Hamburg Dockland

2007

Bambi poster
9.0

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented annually by Hubert Burda Media to recognize excellence in international media and television to personalities in the media, arts, culture, sports, and other fields "with vision and creativity who affected and inspired the German public that year", both domestic and foreign. First held in 1948, it is the oldest media award in Germany. The trophy is named after Felix Salten's book Bambi, A Life in the Woods and its statuettes are in the shape of the novel's titular fawn character. They were originally made of porcelain until 1958, when the organizers switched to using gold, with the casting done by the art casting workshop of Ernst Strassacker in Süßen.

Bambi

1948

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

No artwork available
7.2

No synopsis available yet.

Im Namen des Gesetzes

1994

Inas Nacht poster
7.8

A late-night show featuring Northern German cabaret artist, singer and presenter Ina Müller - done "Müller-style": talk, comedy and lots and lots of music.

Inas Nacht

2007

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

German Film Award

1951

Late Night Berlin poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Late Night Berlin

2018

Circus Halligalli poster
6.2

A late night talk show, hosted by Joko and Klaas.

Circus Halligalli

2013

Verstehen Sie Spaß? poster
4.7

No synopsis available yet.

Verstehen Sie Spaß?

1980

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell poster
6.5

Klein gegen Groß – Das unglaubliche Duell is a family game show that has been broadcast on the first channel since 2011, on ORF 1 since March 2017 and on SRF 1 since November 2020. The format is produced by i&u TV. Kai Pflaume acts as host and moderator.

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

2011

LOL: Last One Laughing poster
7.5

Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?

LOL: Last One Laughing

2021

Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben poster
6.5

Joko and Klaas are teaming up against ProSieben. In this game show, the duo must duel against various team-ProSieben celebrities to gain an advantage in the final round. If Joko & Klaas emerge victorious, they can do whatever they want the following day for 15 minutes at 8:15pm, during prime time. If they lose the finale, their channel can decide on an adequate punishment - funny, embarrassing, or annoying.

Joko & Klaas gegen ProSieben

2019

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Romy Award

1990

Nachtschicht poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Nachtschicht

2003

Danni Lowinski poster
5.6

Danni Lowinski is a former hairdresser who has graduated in law. When she does not get a job at a law firm, she starts to give legal advice from the basement of a shopping mall.

Danni Lowinski

2010

Deutscher Fernsehpreis poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Deutscher Fernsehpreis

1999

Wer stiehlt mir die Show? poster
7.7

Three celebrities and a wildcard candidate quiz their way through this show to win the ultimate prize: the show itself.

Wer stiehlt mir die Show?

2021

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst poster
6.8

No synopsis available yet.

KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst

2007

Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen

1996

Rosa Roth poster
4.8

Rosa Roth is a German television series.

Rosa Roth

1994

No artwork available
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Menschen

1982

Abschnitt 40 poster
6.5

Abschnitt 40 was a German police television series broadcast between May 21 2001 and 2006. It was aired on RTL Television.

Abschnitt 40

2001

Doctor's Diary poster
6.6

Doctor’s Diary is a German-Austrian medical drama, that aired for three seasons from 2008 to 2011 on RTL in a coproduction with ORF. The focus of the series is the young doctor Margarete "Gretchen“ Haase, who wants to make a career in a hospital. It was directed by Bora Dağtekin and shown from the June 23, 2008 to February 14 2011 on German television, RTL Television. In Canada, it was shown starting August 31, 2010 on Séries+ television. In France, from June 8, 2011 on TF1 television and starting March 31, 2013 on HD1 television.

Doctor's Diary

2008

Türkisch für Anfänger poster
7.3

Türkisch für Anfänger is a critically acclaimed German television comedy-drama series, which premiered on March 14, 2006 on Das Erste. It was created by Bora Dağtekin and produced by Hoffmann & Voges Ent. The show focuses on the German-Turkish stepfamily Schneider-Öztürk, their everyday lives and particularly on the eldest daughter Lena, who narrates the show. During the show's run of 52 episodes, topics covered included both typical problems of teenagers and cross-cultural experiences. Due to popular demand, the crew shot a third season consisting of 16 episodes, which were aired in Fall 2008. The show was also successful on foreign markets and got sold to and broadcast in more than 70 countries.

Türkisch für Anfänger

2006

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Goldene Henne

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Im Leben von …

2012

Das Duell um die Geld poster
7.0

A game show where stars compete at Texas Hold 'em to win a cash prize of 6000 Euros. They don't use playing cards, but they guess a question's answer, then bet according to the hints given per round.

Das Duell um die Geld

2016

Das Quiz poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Das Quiz

2008

Der Medicus poster
7.3

No synopsis available yet.

Der Medicus

2014

TV total poster
6.1

TV total is a German late-night television comedy talk show. The set of TV total includes a floating interview stage that can be moved from one studio corner to the other. The show featured buttons with sounds and clips before Craig Ferguson's The Late Late Show.

TV total

1999

Schoolgirls poster
4.8

Schoolgirls is a comedy series The show follows the adventures of a group of pushy, wealthy teenage girls at the fictitious Franz Josef Strauss-Gymnasium in Munich.

Schoolgirls

2002

Behind the camera