Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 11, 1944
Died
Jul 03, 2000
Place of Birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
Credits
87 titles
Kemal Sunal
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
Filmography
Propaganda
Mehdi
Şaban ile Şirin
Şaban
Aynalar
Bay Kamber
Bay Kamber
Şaban Askerde
Şaban
Saygılar Bizden
Rıza
Varyemez
Ragıp Elibol
Seat Trouble
Zühtü
Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
Ademoğlu Ali
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
İbrahim Küheylan
The Laughing Man
Yusuf Şaplak
Zehir Hafiye
Cemal
Talih Kuşu
Osman Abalı
Sevimli Hırsız
Metin Mertoğlu
Polizei
Ali Ekber
The Teacher
Hüsnü Öğretmen
Queer World
Mehmet
Bıçkın
Ali / Kemal Sunal
Stubborn
Bayram
Uyanık Gazeteci
Ali
Japanese Connection
Veysel
Kiracı
Kerim
The Handsome
Selim
Poor
Kemal
Yoksul
Yoksul
Tarzan Rıfkı
Tarzan Rıfkı
Deli Deli Küpeli
Deli Kaymakam
The Plaintiff
Yunus
Keriz
Zülfü
Şendul Şaban
Şaban
Şaban Pabucu Yarım
Şaban
Expat Şaban
Şaban Yıldız
Katma Değer Şaban
Şaban
Sosyete Şaban
Şaban Ağa / Dilaver
Şabaniye
Şaban/Şabaniye
The Postman
Adem
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
Şaban
Tokatçı
Osman
Atla Gel Şaban
Niyazi
Henpecked
Kamil Yavaş
Troublemaker Hüsnü
Hüsnü
En Büyük Şaban
Şaban
Doktor Civanım
Kemal
Çarıklı Milyoner
Bayram
Kanlı Nigar
Abdi
Davaro
Memo
Trickster
Rıfkı
Idiot Saban
Osman / Seyfi
The Top Scorer
Sait Sarıoğlu
Zübük
İbrahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe