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Elyas MβBarek is an Austrian actor.
MβBarek made his first feature film appearance while still in school, playing the character "Blaubart" in Dennis Ganselβs *MΓ€dchen, MΓ€dchen*. In the ARD early-evening series *TΓΌrkisch fΓΌr AnfΓ€nger* (Turkish for Beginners), he played Cemil (Cem) ΓztΓΌrkβa 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."
MβBarek 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 *Doctorβs Diary*, and in 2010, he played the young Bushido in *Zeiten Γ€ndern 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 groΓen Pause β Das Highschool Vampir Grusical* (Bite Until the Big Break β The High School Vampire Musical), a production of ProSieben's *Funny Movie* series. In 2012, MβBarek could be seen in the feature films *TΓΌrkisch fΓΌr AnfΓ€nger*, *FΓΌnf Freunde* (Five Friends), *Offroad*, and *Heiter bis wolkig*. On October 25, 2012, the animated feature *Hotel Transylvania* was released, in which heβalongside Josefine PreuΓβlent his voice to one of the lead roles. In September 2012, MβBarekβs role in the film adaptations of *The Mortal Instruments* book series was confirmed.
In November 2013, the comedy *Fack ju GΓΆhte* was released, in which he took on the role of Zeki MΓΌller. He reprised this role in the sequel *Fack ju GΓΆhte 2*, which hit theaters in September 2015. In the film adaptation *The Physician*, MβBarek 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*βin which MβBarek appears as the doctor Tarek Bergerβwas released in theaters.
