Kemal Sunal
Acting
Born 1944-11-11
Died 2000-07-03
İstanbul, Türkiye
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
59 credits
Polizei
Bay Kamber
Stubborn
The Chaos Class
Kanlı Nigar
Propaganda
The King of the Street Cleaners
Bıçkın
Tokatçı
Zübük
Çarıklı Milyoner
Şaban ile Şirin
The Postman
The Foster Brothers
The Chaos Class Is Waking Up
Sakar Şakir
Seat Trouble
The Blue Bead
Davaro
Saygılar Bizden
Şaban Askerde
Feyzo, The Polite One
Nightingale
Sweet Talker
Dokunmayın Şabanıma
Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
Our Hope Is Şaban
Şaban Pabucu Yarım
Şendul Şaban
The Stupid Millionaire
King of the Doormen
Oh Olsun
Tosun Pasha
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
The Chaos Class Is on Vacation
Saban, Son of Saban
Tarzan Rıfkı
Kiracı
The Man Who Strikes Gold
From the Village to the City
Zehir Hafiye
Nosey Zühtü
Fake Gangster
Salako
My Dear Brother
Sosyete Şaban
İbo and Güllüşah
The Laughing Man
Atla Gel Şaban
Korkusuz Korkak
Güllü is Coming
Expat Şaban
Idiot Saban
Keriz
Japanese Connection
Apdi The Gullıble
100 Numaralı Adam
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
Hanzo
Writing
3 credits
Producing
2 credits
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