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Kemal Sunal
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 cinem…
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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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1999
Propaganda
Movie Mehdi
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1997
Şaban ile Şirin
TV show Şaban
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1996
Aynalar
TV show
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1994
Bay Kamber
TV show Bay Kamber
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1993
Şaban Askerde
TV show Şaban
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1992
Saygılar Bizden
TV show Rıza
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1991
Varyemez
Movie Ragıp Elibol
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1990
Seat Trouble
Movie Zühtü
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1990
Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
Movie Ademoğlu Ali
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1990
Boynu Bükük Küheylan
Movie İbrahim Küheylan
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1989
The Laughing Man
Movie Yusuf Şaplak
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1989
Zehir Hafiye
Movie Cemal
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1989
Talih Kuşu
Movie Osman Abalı
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1989
Sevimli Hırsız
Movie Metin Mertoğlu
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1988
Polizei
Movie Ali Ekber
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1988
The Teacher
Movie Hüsnü Öğretmen
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1988
Queer World
Movie Mehmet
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1988
Bıçkın
Movie Ali / Kemal Sunal
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1988
Stubborn
Movie Bayram
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1988
Uyanık Gazeteci
Movie Ali
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1987
Japanese Connection
Movie Veysel
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1987
Kiracı
Movie Kerim
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1987
The Plaintiff
Movie Yunus
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1987
The Handsome
Movie Selim
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1986
Poor
Movie Kemal
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1986
Yoksul
Movie Yoksul
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1986
Tarzan Rıfkı
Movie Tarzan Rıfkı
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1986
Deli Deli Küpeli
Movie Deli Kaymakam
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1985
Keriz
Movie Zülfü
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1985
Şendul Şaban
Movie Şaban
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1985
Expat Şaban
Movie Şaban Yıldız
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1985
Şaban Pabucu Yarım
Movie Şaban
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1985
Katma Değer Şaban
Movie Şaban
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1985
Sosyete Şaban
Movie Şaban Ağa / Dilaver
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1984
Şabaniye
Movie Şaban/Şabaniye
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1984
The Postman
Movie Adem
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1984
Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
Movie Şaban
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1984
Tokatçı
Movie Osman
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1984
Atla Gel Şaban
Movie Niyazi
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1983
Henpecked
Movie Kamil Yavaş
