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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 11, 1944
Died
July 3, 2000
Place of Birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
Also Known As
- Ali Kemal Sunal
- Ali Sunal's father
- کمال سونال
Kemal Sunal
1.3 Popularity
Biography
Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944 – 3 July 2000) was a Turkish actor and comedian. With Hababam Sınıfı, Kapıcılar Kralı and Davaro, Sunal gained large popularity amongst Turkish cinema goers and was famed for his character "Şaban", a role he frequently played. Kemal Sunal graduated from Vefa Lisesi (Vefa High School). In his early ages, he started pursuing what was to become a long and successful acting career in minor roles in various theatres. For a brief period, he worked in the Kenterler Theatre and debuted in the play Zoraki Tabip. He was later transferred to the Devekuşu Kabare Theatre, where he performed his acting. He was recognized as a real talent, and started receiving offers for movies with larger budgets and a more famous cast. His first bigger role was in the film "Tatlı Dillim" directed by Ertem Eğilmez. In a matter of years, Sunal co-starred alongside Halit Akçatepe, Şener Şen and Münir Özkul. Perhaps the most famous of all his parts was when he played in Hababam Sınıfı (The Outrageous Class) and was known by the name of "Şaban", but most of his classmates just called him İnek (nerd) Şaban. İnek Şaban was constantly bullied and humiliated by his friends, but this never kept him from thinking the unthinkable, like digging a tunnel to escape school grounds (which later, turned out to lead to the vice-principal's office) or smoking in the school attic. The character was so pure and so fixed in the memories of the Turkish people, it was never replaced by another actor in the recent re-shootings of Hababam Sınıfı, most probably as a sign of respect to Sunal.
Known For
Credits
Balalayka
as Kemal Sunal (anısına)
2000
4.8
Propaganda
as Mehdi
1999
6.6
Şaban ile Şirin
as Şaban
1997
3.7
Bay Kamber
as Bay Kamber
1994
5.7
Şaban Askerde
as Şaban
1993
4.3
Saygılar Bizden
as Rıza
1992
7.0
Varyemez
as Ragıp Elibol
1991
5.9
Koltuk Belası
as Zühtü
1990
6.9
Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
as Ademoğlu Ali
1990
6.9
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
as İbrahim Küheylan
1990
6.1
The Laughing Man
as Yusuf Şaplak
1989
6.7
Zehir Hafiye
as Cemal
1989
5.4
Talih Kuşu
as Osman Abalı
1989
6.7
Sevimli Hırsız
as Metin Mertoğlu
1989
5.9
The Teacher
as Hüsnü Öğretmen
1988
7.1
Polizei
as Ali Ekber
1988
6.6
Queer World
as Mehmet
1988
7.1
Bıçkın
as Ali / Kemal Sunal
1988
5.8
Stubborn
as Bayram
1988
6.6
Uyanık Gazeteci
as Ali
1988
5.4
Japon İşi
as Veysel
1987
5.7
Kiracı
as Kerim
1987
6.5
The Handsome
as Selim
1987
5.4
Poor
as Kemal
1986
6.8
Yoksul
as Yoksul
1986
7.0
Tarzan Rıfkı
as Tarzan Rıfkı
1986
6.4
Deli Deli Küpeli
as Deli Kaymakam
1986
7.3
Davacı
as Yunus
1986
7.0
Keriz
as Zülfü
1985
6.4
Şendul Şaban
as Şaban
1985
6.5
Expat Şaban
as Şaban Yıldız
1985
6.4
Şaban Pabucu Yarım
as Şaban
1985
5.9
Katma Değer Şaban
as Şaban
1985
6.2
Sosyete Şaban
as Şaban Ağa / Dilaver
1985
6.5
Şabaniye
as Şaban/Şabaniye
1984
6.0
The Postman
as Adem
1984
7.1
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
as Şaban
1984
6.8
Tokatçı
as Osman
1984
7.2
Atla Gel Şaban
as Niyazi
1984
7.4
Henpecked
as Kamil Yavaş
1983
6.6
Troublemaker Hüsnü
as Hüsnü
1983
7.3
En Büyük Şaban
as Şaban
1983
6.3
Doktor Civanım
as Kemal
1983
6.6
Çarıklı Milyoner
as Bayram
1983
6.5
Kanlı Nigar
as Abdi
1981
6.7
Davaro
as Memo
1981
7.7
Trickster
as Rıfkı
1981
7.5
The Top Scorer
as Sait Sarıoğlu
1980
6.3
Gerzek Şaban
as Osman / Seyfi
1980
6.5
Zübük
as İbrahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe
1980
8.5
Windfall
as Mustafa
1980
6.5
Bekçiler Kralı
as Bekçi Şaban Özgüneş
1979
7.2
Dokunmayın Şabanıma
as Şaban
1979
6.7
İnek Şaban
as İnek Şaban/Kaleci Bülent
1979
6.6
Umudumuz Şaban
as Ringo Şaban
1979
6.8
Nightingale
as Şaban Ballıses
1979
7.1
Korkusuz Korkak
as Mülayim Sert
1979
7.6
100 Numaralı Adam
as Şaban
1978
7.5
Köşeyi Dönen Adam
as Adem Zengin
1978
6.6
Feyzo, The Polite One
as Feyzo
1978
7.9
Avanak Apti
as Apdi
1978
6.5
İyi Aile Çocuğu
as Kemal / Cemal
1978
6.6
Saban, Son of Saban
as Şaban
1977
7.8
Sakar Şakir
as Sakar Şakir/Hasan Titiz
1977
7.4
The King of the Street Cleaners
as Abdi Şakrak
1977
7.8
King of the Doormen
as Seyit
1977
7.7
The Chaos Class Is on Vacation
as İnek Şaban
1977
7.6
İbo ile Güllüşah
as İbo
1977
5.7
Meraklı Köfteci
as Köfteci Zühtü
1976
6.6
The Chaos Class Is Waking Up
as İnek Şaban
1976
7.8
Fake Gangster
as Kemal
1976
7.3
Tosun Pasha
as Şaban/Sahte Tosun Paşa
1976
8.0
The Foster Brothers
as Şaban (Süt Oğlan)
1976
8.0
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
as İnek Şaban
1975
7.8
The Chaos Class
as İnek Şaban
1975
8.0
Hanzo
as Hanzo / Cabbar
1975
5.6
The Confused Groom
as Apti
1975
6.4
Salako
as Salako
1974
7.0
From the Village to the City
as Saffet
1974
8.0
Salak Milyoner
as Saffet
1974
7.5
Longing
as Yanık
1974
6.1
The Blue Bead
as Kaymakam Cafer
1974
7.5
Yalancı Yarim
as Kemal
1973
6.6
My Dear Brother
as Yolcu
1973
8.3
Güllü Geliyor Güllü
as Kiralik Katil
1973
5.7
Oh Olsun
as Fazıl Haznedar, Ferit'in abisi
1973
6.8
Sweet Talker
as Kemal
1972
6.5