
Kemal Sunal
Known for Acting · 88 credits
- Born
- 1944-11-11
- Died
- 2000-07-03
- Place of birth
- İstanbul, Türkiye
- Also known as
- Ali Kemal Sunal · Ali Sunal's father · کمال سونال · İnek Şaban
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
TV Shows (5)
Movies (83)

Davaro
1981
as Memo

Zübük
1980
as İbrahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe

Tokatçı
1984
as Osman

Koltuk Belası
1990
as Zühtü

Doktor Civanım
1983
as Kemal

Deli Deli Küpeli
1986
as Deli Kaymakam

Stubborn
1988
as Bayram

The Chaos Class Failed the Class
1975
as İnek Şaban

Yoksul
1986
as Yoksul

Sweet Talker
1972
as Kemal

The Chaos Class Is Waking Up
1976
as İnek Şaban

Poor
1986
as Kemal

King of The Guards
1979
as Bekçi Şaban Özgüneş

Feyzo, The Polite One
1978
as Feyzo

The Man Who Strikes Gold
1978
as Adem Zengin

The Chaos Class
1975
as İnek Şaban

My Dear Brother
1973
as Yolcu

Atla Gel Şaban
1984
as Niyazi

Longing
1974
as Yanık

The Postman
1984
as Adem

The Foster Brothers
1976
as Şaban (Süt Oğlan)

Sosyete Şaban
1985
as Şaban Ağa / Dilaver

Korkusuz Korkak
1979
as Mülayim Sert

Güllü is Coming
1973
as Kiralik Katil

Sevimli Hırsız
1989
as Metin Mertoğlu

Saban, Son of Saban
1977
as Şaban

The Laughing Man
1989
as Yusuf Şaplak

The Teacher
1988
as Hüsnü Öğretmen

Polizei
1988
as Ali Ekber

From the Village to the City
1974
as Saffet

Nightingale
1979
as Şaban Ballıses

Çarıklı Milyoner
1983
as Bayram

Propaganda
1999
as Mehdi

The Plaintiff
1986
as Yunus

Queer World
1988
as Mehmet

The Chaos Class Is on Vacation
1977
as İnek Şaban

Uyanık Gazeteci
1988
as Ali

Salako
1974
as Salako

Fake Gangster
1976
as Kemal

Şabaniye
1984
as Şaban/Şabaniye

The Handsome
1987
as Selim

Trickster
1981
as Rıfkı

Abuk Sabuk Bir Film
1990
as Ademoğlu Ali

Keriz
1985
as Zülfü

Gerzek Şaban
1980
as Osman / Seyfi

Kiracı
1987
as Kerim

Şendul Şaban
1985
as Şaban

Tosun Pasha
1976
as Şaban/Sahte Tosun Paşa

Apdi The Gullıble
1978
as Apdi

Sakar Şakir
1977
as Sakar Şakir/Hasan Titiz

The Top Scorer
1980
as Sait Sarıoğlu

The King of the Street Cleaners
1977
as Abdi Şakrak

Talih Kuşu
1989
as Osman Abalı

Japanese Connection
1987
as Veysel

Yalancı Yarim
1973
as Kemal

Our Hope Is Şaban
1979
as Ringo Şaban

King of the Doormen
1977
as Seyit

Tarzan Rıfkı
1986
as Tarzan Rıfkı

Katma Değer Şaban
1985
as Şaban

The Stupid Millionaire
1974
as Saffet

Şaban, a Man from the Middle Class
1984
as Şaban

100 Numaralı Adam
1978
as Şaban

Hanzo
1975
as Hanzo / Cabbar

En Büyük Şaban
1983
as Şaban

Varyemez
1991
as Ragıp Elibol

The Blue Bead
1975
as Kaymakam Cafer

Windfall
1980
as Mustafa

Zehir Hafiye
1989
as Cemal

Balalayka
2000
as Kemal Sunal (anısına)

Expat Şaban
1985
as Şaban Yıldız

İnek Şaban
1979
as İnek Şaban/Kaleci Bülent

Oh Olsun
1973
as Fazıl Haznedar, Ferit'in abisi

Bıçkın
1988
as Ali / Kemal Sunal

Kanlı Nigar
1981
as Abdi

İbo and Güllüşah
1977
as İbo

Troublemaker Hüsnü
1983
as Hüsnü

Henpecked
1983
as Kamil Yavaş

Şaban Pabucu Yarım
1985
as Şaban

Dokunmayın Şabanıma
1979
as Şaban

Boynu Bükük Küheylan
1990
as İbrahim Küheylan

A Good Family Kid
1978
as Kemal / Cemal

The Confused Groom
1975
as Apti

Nosey Zühtü
1976
as Köfteci Zühtü
About Kemal Sunal
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 lat… With 88 credits spanning from 1972 to 2000, Kemal Sunal has appeared in 83 films and 5 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kemal Sunal Movies
- Davaro (1981) — as Memo
- Zübük (1980) — as İbrahim Zübükzade/Zeybekzade Kara Yusuf Efe
- Tokatçı (1984) — as Osman
- Koltuk Belası (1990) — as Zühtü
- Doktor Civanım (1983) — as Kemal
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