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