| Capital: | € 1.9 million |
| Age: | 37 |
| Born: | May 29, 1982 |
| Country of origin: | Germany |
| Source of wealth: | actor |
| Last updated: | 2020 |
Short introduction
Elyas M’Barek had no easy youth and he was not successful from the start. But now that the celebrity is there, it really expresses itself – because only a few German actors are discovered so young by the USA.
Early life
Elyas M’Barek was born in Munich in May 1982. His father came from Tunisia and was a programmer, the mother of Austria and worked as a nurse. Because his mother, this actor also has Austrian citizenship. M’Barek has two younger brothers. One of them, Joseph, is an actor and producer himself
As a teenager, Elyas M’Barek attended high school, then a Catholic boarding school. There the young man was considered a problematic student. He doesn’t have idols and accepts a little motivation from others. He often fought and even removed from school.
However, at the age of 18, M’Barek accepted his first acting role in the film “Girls Girls!”. There he played with Karoline Herfurth, who later often became a colleague. From this moment, M’Barek believes: I will become an actor.
Career
The film was followed by further appearance in the cinema and television for Elyas M’Barek. Most of it is the role of one side of criminal migrants, most Turks. In 2006 he became a wider audience through the “Turkish for beginner” series, who also received film adaptation in 2012. In 2008 M’Barek played in “Doctor’s Diary” and “The Wave”, in 2010 he embodied younger bushido in “change you”.
In 2011 Matthias Schweigh Mofers finally prepared his friend Elly to popularity by playing it in his film “What a man”. A big breakthrough actually followed two years later: First, M’Barek played his most famous role in “Fack Ju Göhte”, who was a cult film and had two sequels. Furthermore, Elyas M’Barek appeared in international films known as “The Medicus” or “Chronicles of the Underworld: City of Bones”.
Now there are more cinema roles for Elyas M’Barek. In 2015 he played with Iris banned, Karoline Herfurth and Palina Rojinski in “Traumfrauen”, the following year brought a role in the hit film “Willkommen Bei Den Hartmanns”. In 2017 M’Barek appeared in the best-selling film “this stupid heart” based on a true story. In 2019, he finally played a tremendous serious role in the “Collini case”, a lawyer related to the topic of retaliation
Career highlights
Elyas M’Barek’s first main success came with a series of “Turks for beginners”. Here he plays a major role in Cem, the son of Macho Turkey’s family. M’Barek even received German television awards in 2006 because of his appearance as Cem. Therefore, he naturally plays young Turkey in the 2012 screen adaptation, which is as popular as two million visitors as a draw.
In 2012, US film magazine “Variety” was named Elyas M’Barek “breakthrough performance” on their list. The following year he played his most famous role in “Fack Ju Göhte”: Zeki Müller, an irresponsible small criminal who tried to teach himself. “Fack Ju Göhte” became the most successful film this year, accepting adaptation in several countries and two sequels released in 2015 and 2017.
In the same year, Elyas M’Barek landed again at number 1 on the cinema chart, this time with the film German “The Medicus”. Here M’Barek played with Stellan Skarsgard and Ben Kingsley, the film was sold to 21 countries. Another success is comedy “Willkommen in Hartmanns” starting 2016, who scored criticism with humor and star player.
Amazing facts
– Elyas M’Barek often plays Turks. Nevertheless, as the son of a Tunisian and an Austrian, he does not speak Turkish or Arabic.
– Although the actor had great difficulties at school, he ultimately graduated from school as the best in class.
– M’Barek got his role in “Die Welle” through an internship at “Rat Pack”. A casting for the film took place in the building of this company, for which he spontaneously signed up.
– For three years, from 2015 to 2018, the actor was a co-owner of a bar in Munich.
– When inventing the role of “Zeki Müller”, director Bora Dagtekin already had Elyas M’Barek as a cast in the head.
