Kemal Sunal
Acting
Born November 11, 1944, İstanbul, Türkiye
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.
Filmography
- 1999Propaganda — Mehdi
- Şaban ile Şirin — Şaban
- Aynalar
- Bay Kamber — Bay Kamber
- Şaban Askerde — Şaban
- Saygılar Bizden — Rıza
- 1991Varyemez — Ragıp Elibol
- 1990Abuk Sabuk Bir Film — Ademoğlu Ali
- 1990Boynu Bükük Küheylan — İbrahim Küheylan
- 1990Seat Trouble — Zühtü
- 1989Sevimli Hırsız — Metin Mertoğlu
- 1989Talih Kuşu — Osman Abalı
- 1989The Laughing Man — Yusuf Şaplak
- 1989Zehir Hafiye — Cemal
- 1988Bıçkın — Ali / Kemal Sunal
- 1988Polizei — Ali Ekber
- 1988Queer World — Mehmet
- 1988Stubborn — Bayram
- 1988The Teacher — Hüsnü Öğretmen
- 1988Uyanık Gazeteci — Ali
- 1987Japanese Connection — Veysel
- 1987Kiracı — Kerim
- 1987The Handsome — Selim
- 1987The Plaintiff — Yunus
- 1986Deli Deli Küpeli — Deli Kaymakam
- 1986Poor — Kemal, Writer
- 1986Tarzan Rıfkı — Tarzan Rıfkı
- 1986Yoksul — Yoksul
- 1985Expat Şaban — Şaban Yıldız
- 1985Katma Değer Şaban — Şaban
- 1985Keriz — Zülfü
- 1985Sosyete Şaban — Şaban Ağa / Dilaver, Screenplay
- 1985Şaban Pabucu Yarım — Şaban
- 1985Şendul Şaban — Şaban
- 1984Atla Gel Şaban — Niyazi
- 1984The Postman — Adem
- 1984Tokatçı — Osman
- 1984Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class — Şaban
- 1984Şabaniye — Şaban/Şabaniye
- 1983Doktor Civanım — Kemal
- 1983En Büyük Şaban — Şaban
- 1983Henpecked — Kamil Yavaş
- 1983Troublemaker Hüsnü — Hüsnü
- 1983Çarıklı Milyoner — Bayram, Writer
- 1981Davaro — Memo
- 1981Kanlı Nigar — Abdi
- 1981Trickster — Rıfkı
- 1980Idiot Saban — Osman / Seyfi
- 1980The Top Scorer — Sait Sarıoğlu
- 1980Windfall — Mustafa
- 1980Zübük — İprahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe
- 1979Dokunmayın Şabanıma — Şaban, Producer
- 1979King of The Guards — Bekçi Şaban Özgüneş
- 1979Korkusuz Korkak — Mülayim Sert
- 1979Nightingale — Şaban Ballıses
- 1979Our Hope Is Şaban — Ringo Şaban
- 1978100 Numaralı Adam — Şaban, Producer
- 1978A Good Family Kid — Kemal / Cemal
- 1978Apdi The Gullıble — Apdi
- 1978Feyzo, The Polite One — Feyzo
- 1978The Man Who Strikes Gold — Adem Zengin
- 1978İnek Şaban — İnek Şaban/Kaleci Bülent, Producer
- 1977King of the Doormen — Seyit
- 1977Saban, Son of Saban — Şaban
- 1977Sakar Şakir — Sakar Şakir/Hasan Titiz
- 1977The Chaos Class Is on Vacation — İnek Şaban
- 1977The King of the Street Cleaners — Abdi Şakrak
- 1977İbo and Güllüşah — İbo
- 1976Fake Gangster — Kemal
- 1976Nosey Zühtü — Köfteci Zühtü, Writer
- 1976The Chaos Class Failed the Class — İnek Şaban
- 1976The Chaos Class Is Waking Up — İnek Şaban
- 1976The Foster Brothers — Şaban (Süt Oğlan)
- 1976Tosun Pasha — Şaban/Sahte Tosun Paşa
- 1975Hanzo — Hanzo / Cabbar
- 1975The Blue Bead — Kaymakam Cafer
- 1975The Chaos Class — İnek Şaban
- 1975The Confused Groom — Apti
- 1974From the Village to the City — Saffet
- 1974Longing — Yanık
- 1974Salako — Salako
- 1974The Stupid Millionaire — Saffet
- 1973Güllü is Coming — Kiralik Katil
- 1973My Dear Brother — Yolcu
- 1973Oh Olsun — Fazıl Haznedar, Ferit'in abisi
- 1973Yalancı Yarim — Kemal
- 1972Sweet Talker — Kemal