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 (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 (Movies)
Balalayka
Character:Kemal Sunal (anısına)
Release Date:29/12/2000
Propaganda
Character:Mehdi
Release Date:05/03/1999
Varyemez
Character:Ragıp Elibol
Release Date:01/01/1991
Koltuk Belası
Character:Zühtü
Release Date:01/11/1990
Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
Character:Ademoğlu Ali
Release Date:27/04/1990
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
Character:İbrahim Küheylan
Release Date:01/01/1990
The Laughing Man
Character:Yusuf Şaplak
Release Date:26/01/1989
Zehir Hafiye
Character:Cemal
Release Date:15/01/1989
Sevimli Hırsız
Character:Metin Mertoğlu
Release Date:01/01/1989
Talih Kuşu
Character:Osman Abalı
Release Date:01/01/1989
Polizei
Character:Ali Ekber
Release Date:01/11/1988
The Teacher
Character:Hüsnü Öğretmen
Release Date:01/11/1988
Queer World
Character:Mehmet
Release Date:02/09/1988
Bıçkın
Character:Ali / Kemal Sunal
Release Date:04/04/1988
Stubborn
Character:Bayram
Release Date:01/03/1988
Uyanık Gazeteci
Character:Ali
Release Date:01/01/1988
Japon İşi
Character:Veysel
Release Date:29/11/1987
Kiracı
Character:Kerim
Release Date:30/09/1987
The Handsome
Character:Selim
Release Date:01/01/1987
Poor
Character:Kemal
Release Date:28/10/1986
Yoksul
Character:Yoksul
Release Date:01/04/1986
Tarzan Rıfkı
Character:Tarzan Rıfkı
Release Date:12/03/1986
Deli Deli Küpeli
Character:Deli Kaymakam
Release Date:01/03/1986
Davacı
Character:Yunus
Release Date:01/01/1986
Keriz
Character:Zülfü
Release Date:01/12/1985
Şendul Şaban
Character:Şaban
Release Date:10/11/1985
Şaban Pabucu Yarım
Character:Şaban
Release Date:01/10/1985
Expat Şaban
Character:Şaban Yıldız
Release Date:01/10/1985
Katma Değer Şaban
Character:Şaban
Release Date:11/09/1985
Sosyete Şaban
Character:Şaban Ağa / Dilaver
Release Date:01/01/1985
Şabaniye
Character:Şaban/Şabaniye
Release Date:02/06/1984
The Postman
Character:Adem
Release Date:01/04/1984
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
Character:Şaban
Release Date:01/03/1984
Tokatçı
Character:Osman
Release Date:01/02/1984
Atla Gel Şaban
Character:Niyazi
Release Date:01/01/1984
Henpecked
Character:Kamil Yavaş
Release Date:07/06/1983
Troublemaker Hüsnü
Character:Hüsnü
Release Date:01/06/1983
En Büyük Şaban
Character:Şaban
Release Date:21/02/1983
Doktor Civanım
Character:Kemal
Release Date:01/02/1983
Çarıklı Milyoner
Character:Bayram
Release Date:01/01/1983
Kanlı Nigar
Character:Abdi
Release Date:01/12/1981
Davaro
Character:Memo
Release Date:09/11/1981
Trickster
Character:Rıfkı
Release Date:01/10/1981
Gerzek Şaban
Character:Osman / Seyfi
Release Date:01/11/1980
The Top Scorer
Character:Sait Sarıoğlu
Release Date:01/11/1980
Zübük
Character:İbrahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe
Release Date:11/09/1980
Windfall
Character:Mustafa
Release Date:01/09/1980
Bekçiler Kralı
Character:Bekçi Şaban Özgüneş
Release Date:01/11/1979
Dokunmayın Şabanıma
Character:Şaban
Release Date:01/03/1979
İnek Şaban
Character:İnek Şaban/Kaleci Bülent
Release Date:01/02/1979
Korkusuz Korkak
Character:Mülayim Sert
Release Date:01/01/1979
Nightingale
Character:Şaban Ballıses
Release Date:01/01/1979
Umudumuz Şaban
Character:Ringo Şaban
Release Date:01/01/1979
100 Numaralı Adam
Character:Şaban
Release Date:27/12/1978
Köşeyi Dönen Adam
Character:Adem Zengin
Release Date:01/12/1978
Feyzo, The Polite One
Character:Feyzo
Release Date:01/11/1978
Avanak Apti
Character:Apdi
Release Date:01/10/1978
İyi Aile Çocuğu
Character:Kemal / Cemal
Release Date:01/02/1978
Saban, Son of Saban
Character:Şaban
Release Date:01/12/1977
Sakar Şakir
Character:Sakar Şakir/Hasan Titiz
Release Date:01/11/1977
The King of the Street Cleaners
Character:Abdi Şakrak
Release Date:09/08/1977
King of the Doormen
Character:Seyit
Release Date:01/05/1977
The Chaos Class Is on Vacation
Character:İnek Şaban
Release Date:01/02/1977
İbo ile Güllüşah
Character:İbo
Release Date:01/01/1977
Meraklı Köfteci
Character:Köfteci Zühtü
Release Date:01/12/1976
The Chaos Class Is Waking Up
Character:İnek Şaban
Release Date:20/11/1976
Fake Gangster
Character:Kemal
Release Date:01/09/1976
The Foster Brothers
Character:Şaban (Süt Oğlan)
Release Date:01/02/1976
Tosun Pasha
Character:Şaban/Sahte Tosun Paşa
Release Date:01/02/1976
The Chaos Class Failed the Class
Character:İnek Şaban
Release Date:15/04/1975
The Chaos Class
Character:İnek Şaban
Release Date:01/04/1975
Hanzo
Character:Hanzo / Cabbar
Release Date:01/04/1975
The Confused Groom
Character:Apti
Release Date:01/03/1975
Salako
Character:Salako
Release Date:01/12/1974
From the Village to the City
Character:Saffet
Release Date:01/10/1974
Salak Milyoner
Character:Saffet
Release Date:01/04/1974
Longing
Character:Yanık
Release Date:01/03/1974
The Blue Bead
Character:Kaymakam Cafer
Release Date:01/01/1974
Yalancı Yarim
Character:Kemal
Release Date:01/12/1973
My Dear Brother
Character:Yolcu
Release Date:01/03/1973
Oh Olsun
Character:Fazıl Haznedar, Ferit'in abisi
Release Date:01/01/1973
Güllü Geliyor Güllü
Character:Kiralik Katil
Release Date:01/01/1973
Sweet Talker
Character:Kemal
Release Date:01/01/1972
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