Ünal Silver was born in Istanbul on July 16, 1948, to a family originating from Rize. It is known that the artist, whose birth name is Ünal Gümüş, changed his surname to "Silver" for ease of pronunciation while performing on stage in Germany. Silver, who died in the same city on August 29, 2023, was buried in Kurtköy Osmangazi Cemetery on August 31.
Ünal Silver became known especially in the television world for his characters in popular TV series such as "Yalancı Yarim", "Muhteşem Yüzyıl", "Kuzey Güney", "Resurrection Ertuğrul" and "Eşkıya Dünyaya Ruler Olmaz". The artist, who gained international acting experience by taking part in various projects in Germany, chose to change his stage name so that the audience could remember it more easily.
Silver, who has undertaken many film and TV series projects in his acting career, starred in "Yasemin" in 1988, "Kopffeuer" in 1989, "Das serbische Mädchen" in 1991, "Der kleene Punker" in 1992, "Doppelter Einsatz" and "Faust" in 1996, "Frau zu sein" in 1998. bedarf es wenig”, “Ich Chef Du Turnschuh” and “Schlange auf dem Altar”, “Auslandstournee” in 2000, “Die Pfefferkörner” in 2001, “Tatort” and “Alles getürkt” in 2002, “Beach Boys - Rette sich wer kann” in 2003, "Blond: Eva Blond" in 2004, "Alphateam - Die Lebensretter im OP", "K3 - Kripo Hamburg", "König von Kreuzberg" and "Drei gegen Troja" in 2005, "Juggler: Ayhan" and "Liar Yarim: Vahi Özkul" in 2006, "Silent Storm:" in 2007.
Rıfat" in 2008, "Shadow: Salim" in 2008, "If I Were a Cloud: Aslan Bulut" in 2009, "Gönülçelen: Burhan" and "Deli Saraylı: Admiral Sir Edward" in 2010, "Zenne: Yılmaz", "Don't Forget Me", "Kuzey Güney: Atilla Sinaner" and "Dedemin's People: Deli Bayram" in 2011, "Don't Be Sad for Me: Şahin" in 2012, "Romantic Comedy 2: Bachelorette" and "Magnificent Century: Charlemagne" in 2013, "Dancing with Jackals 3: Zero Trouble: Zagor İbrahim" and "Kadim Dostum: Refet Dostum" in 2014, "Bazaar Pazar: Mayor" and "Angels of the City:" in 2015.
Bedirhan Kurtoğlu”, “Deliormanlı: Faruk Hoca”, “Love Likes Lies: Nihat Aslan” and “Poyraz Karayel: Sadık Sayguner” in 2016, “No 309: Haluk” in 2017 and “The Art of Survival for Beginners: Halit Aktunç” in 2018. “Resurrection Ertuğrul: Umur Bey”, “Vurgun: Feyyaz” and “Kurşun: Kerim Paşa” in 2019, “Tövbeler Olsun: Fuat Peştemalci” and “Bandits Cannot Ruler the World: İdris” in 2020, “Between Two Dawns: İbrahim” in 2021 and “Hilal, Feza and Hilal” in 2022. He took part in productions such as "Other Planets".
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 35 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Die Pfefferkörner (1999) — Hodsche
- Kuzey Güney (2011) — Atilla Sinaner
- Faust (1994) — Kemal
- Let There Be Repentance (2020) — Fuat Peştemalcızade
- Mordkommission Istanbul (2008) — Cetin Akbay
- Don't Worry for Me (2012) — Şahin
- Blond: Eva Blond! (2002)
- Kadim Dostum (2014) — Refet Dostum
- Bazaar Sunday (2015) — Mayor
- Liar Yarim (2006) — Vahi Özkul
- If I Were a Cloud (2009) — Aslan Bulut
- K3 – Kripo Hamburg (2003) — Öztürk
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
