Kemal Sunal
Birthday: 1944-11-11 | Place of Birth: İstanbul, TürkiyeKemal 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
Acting
Role
as Mehdi
as Rıza
as Ragıp Elibol
as Ademoğlu Ali
as Yusuf Şaplak
as Zühtü
as İbrahim Küheylan
as Cemal
as Metin Mertoğlu
as Ali
as Ali / Kemal Sunal
as Ali Ekber
as Bayram
as Hüsnü Öğretmen
as Mehmet
as Kerim
as Veysel
as Deli Kaymakam
as Kemal
as Tarzan Rıfkı
as Yoksul
as Yunus
as Zülfü
as Şaban
as Şaban
as Şaban
as Şaban Aga / Dilaver
as Şaban Yıldız
as Niyazi
as Osman
