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Elyas M'Barek

Elyas M'Barek

Actor, also producer · Born May 29, 1982 (44) · Munich, Germany

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 29, 1982 (44)
From
Munich, Germany
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 21% in 30 days

What are Elyas M'Barek's films like?

Across their 21 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy11 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 57th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 92nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
34%
Self
27%
Morality
14%
Society
12%
Ideas
5%
Power
4%
Survival
3%
Friendship6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 21 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 11 · Serious 4 · Dark 6

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 13 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 10 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 10 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 9

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 13 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1

Roles they play

12 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 7 of 12 analyzed roles.

Hero
7 of 12
Ally
2 of 12
Shapeshifter
2 of 12
Trickster
1 of 12
Show the 12 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
11
Tense
8
Joyful
8
Melancholic
4
Contemplative
5
Other
17

How their films linger

Feel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy11
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Elyas M'Barek's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Elyas M'Barek's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

66 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 27 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Perfect Holiday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    as Leo

  • Virginia Woolf's Night & Day(2026)

    as Ralph Denham

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Babo: The Haftbefehl Story(2025)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Smillas Gespür für Schnee (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Rahid Youseffi

  • Old White Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as Älex Sahavi

  • Chantal in Fairyland(2024)

    as Zeki Müller

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Thousand Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Juan Romero

  • Love Thing(2022)

    as Marvin

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • What We Wanted(2020)

    as Niklas

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Nightlife(2020)

    as Milo

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Perfect Secret(2019)

    as Leo

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Collini Case(2019)

    as Caspar Leinen

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • This Crazy Heart(2017)

    as Lenny Reinhard

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Suck Me Shakespeer 3(2017)

    as Zeki Müller

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Bullyparade: The Movie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Actor

  • Welcome to Germany(2016)

    as Dr. Tarek Berger

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Suck Me Shakespeer 2(2015)

    as Zeki Müller

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Dreamgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Joseph

  • Der Medicus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 2 episodes · as Karim

  • The Man Cave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as Errol

  • Who Am I(2014)

    as Max

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Physician(2013)

    as Karim

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Bully's Sitcom (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Elyas M’Barek

  • Suck Me Shakespeer(2013)

    as Zeki Müller

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones(2013)

    as The Vampire Leader

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Circus Halligalli (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • Partly Sunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Can

  • Turkish for Beginners(2012)

    as Cem Öztürk

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Famous Five(2012)

    as Vince

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Offroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    as Salim

  • Sprich mit! – Deutsch lernen ist cool! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Yussuf

  • Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods(2011)

    as Kerkerwächter #2

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • What a Man(2011)

    as Okke

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Günni Wolfenstein

  • Rottmann schlägt zurück (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Deniz Öktay

  • Klaus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Verdeckter Ermittler

  • Undercover Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Sam McPhearson

  • Danni Lowinski (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 13 episodes · as Rasoul Abbassi

  • The Devil's Kickers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Flo

  • Times Change You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Young Anis

  • Rabbit Without Ears 2(2009)

    as Samy

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Men in the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Aggro Berlin Member

  • Doctor's Diary (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Show 8 episodes · as Maurice Knechtlsdorfer

  • The Wave(2008)

    as Sinan

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • KDD - Kriminaldauerdienst (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Timur

  • Hamburg Dockland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as Hassan Demir

  • Wholetrain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Elyas

  • Türkisch für Anfänger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 52 episodes · as Cem Öztürk

  • Deutschmänner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Machmuts Kumpel

  • Kommissarin Seiler ermittelt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Erhan Ükül

  • Nachtschicht (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · as Assistent der Handelskammer

  • Epsteins Nacht(2002)

    as Epstein (19 Jahre)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Ich schenk dir einen Seitensprung (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Rosenverkäufer

  • Schoolgirls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Ali Can

  • Verdammt Verliebt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 1 episode · as Mike Berger

  • Riekes Liebe(2001)

    Actor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Abschnitt 40 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Rajel Kalifeh

  • Girls on Top(2001)

    as Blaubart

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Alarm for Cobra 11: The Motorway Police (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 1 episode · as Tim Basna

  • Rosa Roth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Nejo Gül

  • Im Namen des Gesetzes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Mehmet Karan

  • Großstadtrevier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Sven Klawitter

  • SOKO München (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Show 1 episode · as Mesut Wenz

  • Chantal im Märchenland 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Zeki Müller

  • Das perfekte Weihnachten (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Leo

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 66 titles, 64 of them dated from 1978 to 2026; peak year 2014.

Biggest box office

Suck Me Shakespeer 2 (2015)

$83M worldwide

Highest rated

The Wave (2008)

Midcredits 95th

Film career

19782026

Peak 2014 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 3 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 2001Screen debut· Girls on Top
  • 2013First top-billed film· Suck Me Shakespeer
  • 2013Career best· Suck Me Shakespeer

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting65 of 66: 65 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score41stProducing1 of 66: 1 only producing, 0 with another role

By decade

1970s1 · acting1980s1 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s19 · acting2010s30 · acting2020s10 · 9 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 23% of 31 roles
011116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Elyas M'Barek's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 25; across their 21 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Approval · how many liked their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 21

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th11
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

12 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Chantal in Fairyland (2024)

77th percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Wave (2008)

Midcredits 95th · 86% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 19 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Elyas M'Barek's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles36–67 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles29–61 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles25–86 · median 63 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles30–66 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles25–67 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Elyas M'Barek work with?

People who share at least 2 of Elyas M'Barek's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Martin Moszkowicz shares the most, 9.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers