Name
Kemal Sunal
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1944-11-11
Deathday
2000-07-03 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
İstanbul, Türkiye
Biography
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
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Hilmi Tok is a billionaire businessman. He dies one day while driving his own car. His rea...
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To bid for his beloved's hand in marriage, poor villager Feyzo must come up with an enormo...
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The comical story of Şaban, who came to Istanbul to earn his dowry and, by chance, became...
- 1977 The Chaos Class Is on Vacation as İnek Şaban
- 1976 The Foster Brothers as Şaban (Süt Oğlan)
- 1976 The Chaos Class Is Waking Up as İnek Şaban
- 1976 The Chaos Class Failed the Class as İnek Şaban
- 1977 Saban, Son of Saban as Şaban
- 1981 Davaro as Memo
- 1978 Feyzo, The Polite One as Feyzo
- 1976 Tosun Pasha as Şaban/Sahte Tosun Paşa
- 1978 The Man Who Strikes Gold as Adem Zengin
- 1977 King of the Doormen as Seyit
- 1979 King of The Guards as Bekçi Şaban Özgüneş
- 1988 Bıçkın as Ali / Kemal Sunal
- 1990 Boynu Bükük Küheylan as İbrahim Küheylan
- 1973 My Dear Brother as Yolcu
- 1975 The Blue Bead as Kaymakam Cafer
- 1983 Çarıklı Milyoner as Bayram
- 1977 The King of the Street Cleaners as Abdi Şakrak
- 1978 100 Numaralı Adam as Şaban
- 1984 Atla Gel Şaban as Niyazi
- 1976 Nosey Zühtü as Köfteci Zühtü
- 1999 Propaganda as Mehdi
- 1981 Kanlı Nigar as Abdi
- 1985 Katma Değer Şaban as Şaban
- 1976 Fake Gangster as Kemal
- 1975 The Chaos Class as İnek Şaban
- 1974 From the Village to the City as Saffet
- 1975 Hanzo as Hanzo / Cabbar
- 1979 Korkusuz Korkak as Mülayim Sert
- 1979 Nightingale as Şaban Ballıses
- 1980 Idiot Saban as Osman / Seyfi
- 1985 Sosyete Şaban as Şaban Ağa / Dilaver
- 1985 Şaban Pabucu Yarım as Şaban
- 1984 Tokatçı as Osman
- 1983 Troublemaker Hüsnü as Hüsnü
- 1972 Sweet Talker as Kemal
- 1973 Oh Olsun as Fazıl Haznedar, Ferit'in abisi
- 1973 Güllü is Coming as Kiralik Katil
- 1973 Yalancı Yarim as Kemal
- 1974 The Stupid Millionaire as Saffet
- 1974 Longing as Yanık
- 1974 Salako as Salako
- 1980 Windfall as Mustafa
- 1975 The Confused Groom as Apti
- 1977 Sakar Şakir as Sakar Şakir/Hasan Titiz
- 1977 İbo and Güllüşah as İbo
- 1980 Zübük as İprahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe
- 1989 Zehir Hafiye as Cemal
- 1978 Apdi The Gullıble as Apdi
- 1979 İnek Şaban as İnek Şaban/Kaleci Bülent
- 1979 Our Hope Is Şaban as Ringo Şaban
- 1981 Trickster as Rıfkı
- 1984 The Postman as Adem
- 1979 Dokunmayın Şabanıma as Şaban
- 1984 Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class as Şaban
- 1988 Stubborn as Bayram
- 1987 Kiracı as Kerim
- 1987 The Handsome as Selim
- 1987 The Plaintiff as Yunus
- 1983 En Büyük Şaban as Şaban
- 1987 Japanese Connection as Veysel
- 1985 Şendul Şaban as Şaban
- 1989 Sevimli Hırsız as Metin Mertoğlu
- 1988 Polizei as Ali Ekber
- 1983 Henpecked as Kamil Yavaş
- 1986 Tarzan Rıfkı as Tarzan Rıfkı
- 1984 Şabaniye as Şaban/Şabaniye
- 1978 A Good Family Kid as Kemal / Cemal
- 1988 Uyanık Gazeteci as Ali
- 1983 Doktor Civanım as Kemal
- 1985 Expat Şaban as Şaban Yıldız
- 1986 Deli Deli Küpeli as Deli Kaymakam
- 1988 Queer World as Mehmet
- 1980 The Top Scorer as Sait Sarıoğlu
- 1985 Keriz as Zülfü
- 1990 Seat Trouble as Zühtü
- 1986 Yoksul as Yoksul
- 1991 Varyemez as Ragıp Elibol
- 1989 Talih Kuşu as Osman Abalı
- 1989 The Laughing Man as Yusuf Şaplak
- 1988 The Teacher as Hüsnü Öğretmen
- 1990 Abuk Sabuk Bir Film as Ademoğlu Ali
- 1986 Poor as Kemal
- 1993 Şaban Askerde ( 28 episodes ) as Şaban
- 1997 Şaban ile Şirin ( 13 episodes ) as Şaban
- 1992 Saygılar Bizden ( 13 episodes ) as Rıza
- 1994 Bay Kamber ( 11 episodes ) as Bay Kamber
- 1996 Aynalar ( 1 episode )
