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Ali Kemal Sunal (11 November 1944[1] – 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.

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Kemal Sunal
Born	Ali Kemal Sunal (1944-11-11)11 November 1944 Malatya, Turkey
Died	3 July 2000(2000-07-03) (aged 55) Istanbul, Turkey
Resting place	Zincirlikuyu Cemetery, Şişli, Istanbul
Education	Marmara University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1964–2000
Spouse	Gül Sunal ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	Ali Sunal Ezo Sunal
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Career

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 (cow) 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.

His other notable characters include: Tosun Pasha; Süt Kardeş Şaban; Çöpçüler Kralı, who fell in love with a municipality officer’s fiancée; Doktor Civanım, a former hospital janitor pretending to be a doctor upon his return to his home village; and finally "Orta Direk Şaban", a naive man trying to become an athlete to impress his crush.

The huge popularity of his movies stemmed not only from their unique humour but also their depiction of the many problems faced by the poor rural people in Turkey during the 1970s and 1980s. In almost all of his films, Kemal Sunal plays a poor man, trying to make a living.

Sunal’s last film was Propaganda, which was directed by Sinan Çetin. Sunal, played a customs officer-in-charge (presumably) on the Syrian border. Being a serious drama, this film was a contrast to his other works. As the plot unfolded, Sunal’s character fell into despair, trying to survive the dilemma between his duties as an officer of the law and his duties as a friend. In the public opinion, this film was not the best of his works. Another significant fact about this film is that it also included Ali Sunal, Kemal Sunal’s son, cast as a junior customs officer.

Personal life

Sunal kept himself and his family away from the media and rarely appeared in public. People who knew him have commented on how serious he was in his real life, in contrast to the funny characters he played in his movies. Whilst he was at the top of his career, he decided to finish university, which he had dropped out of in his early career. Despite his fame, he attended the university like a regular student and stated that "that was the way he liked it to be".

Sunal's dreams of higher-education were disrupted in 1980, during the period of military takeover. His attempts to earn a degree finally paid off in 1995, when he earned his bachelor’s degree in Radio Television and Cinema Studies from Marmara University. He then decided to pursue a master’s degree (the topic of this thesis being himself), which he earned in 1998, also from Marmara University. This incident was covered by the media with headlines like "İnek Şaban Master Yaptı" (Şaban the Geek got a master's degree) while his 'classmates' from Hababam Sinifi made comments like "Profesorluk Bekliyoruz" ("We expect full professorship"). At his graduation ceremony, he made a speech joking that his path of first working and then attending university later in life was better as it allowed him to gain real life experience first.

Death

Kemal Sunal died on July 3, 2000, as a result of a sudden heart attack aboard a flight to Trabzon just before take-off. He was reported to be afraid of flying. His death caused mourning that swept the entire nation and dominated news coverage for many days. He was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery in Istanbul.

Kemal Sunal and his wife Gül Sunal (born 1957) had two children, Ali Sunal (born 1977) and Ezo Sunal (born 1985).

Filmography

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1972	Tatlı Dillim	Basketballer	Debut role
1973	Canım Kardeşim	Yolcu
1973	Yalancı Yarim	Kemal
1973	Oh Olsun	Fazıl
1973	Güllü Geliyor Güllü	Hit man
1974	Hasret	Yanık
1974	Salak Milyoner	Saffet
1974	Köyden İndim Şehire	Saffet
1974	Salako	Salako	First leading role
1974	Mavi Boncuk	Kaymakam Cafer
1975	Şaşkın Damat	Apti
1975	Hababam Sınıfı	İnek (Cow) Şaban
1975	Hanzo	Hanzo / Cabbar	Dual role
1975	Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı	İnek (Cow) Şaban
1976	Tosun Paşa	Şaban / Tosun Pasha
1976	Süt Kardeşler	Şaban
1976	Sahte Kabadayı	Kemal
1976	Meraklı Köfteci	Zühtü Karışan
1976	Kapıcılar Kralı	Seyid
1976	Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor	İnek (Cow) Şaban
1977	Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde	İnek (Cow) Şaban
1977	Sakar Şakir	Şakir
1977	Şabanoğlu Şaban	Şaban
1977	İbo İle Güllüşah	İbrahim
1977	Çöpçüler Kralı	Abdi Şakrak
1978	Avanak Apti	Apti
1978	Kibar Feyzo	Feyzo
1978	Köşeyi Dönen Adam	Adem
1978	Yüz Numaralı Adam	Şaban
1978	İyi Aile Çocuğu	Kemal / Cemal	Dual role
1978	İnek Şaban	Şaban / Bülent	Dual role
1979	Umudumuz Şaban	Ringo Şaban
1979	Şark Bülbülü	Şaban Ballıses
1979	Korkusuz Korkak	Mülayim Sert
1979	Dokunmayın Şabanıma	Şaban
1979	Bekçiler Kralı	Şaban Özgüneş
1980	Zübük	İbrahim Zübükzade
1980	Devlet Kuşu	Mustafa
1980	Gerzek Şaban	Osman / Seyfi	Dual role
1981	Gol Kralı	Sait Sarıoğlu
1981	Üç Kağıtçı	Rıfkı
1981	Kanlı Nigar	Abdi / Narçın	Dual role
1981	Davaro	Memo Davaro
1982	Yedi Bela Hüsnü	Hüsnü
1982	Doktor Civanım	Kemal
1983	Tokatçı	Osman
1983	Kılıbık	Kamil
1983	En Büyük Şaban	Şaban
1983	Çarıklı Milyoner	Bayram
1984	Postacı	Yandan Çarklı Adem
1984	Şabaniye	Şaban / Şabaniye
1984	Ortadirek Şaban	Şaban
1984	Atla Gel Şaban	Niyazi
1985	Sosyete Şaban	Şaban Ağa / Dilaver Bey	Dual role
1985	Şendul Şaban	Şaban
1985	Şaban Papuçu Yarım
1985	Keriz	Zülfü
1985	Katma Değer Şaban	Şaban
1985	Gurbetçi Şaban
1986	Yoksul	Yoksul
1986	Garip	Kemal
1986	Tarzan Rıfkı	Tarzan Rıfkı
1986	Deli Deli Küpeli	Kaymakam
1986	Davacı	Yunus
1987	Yakışıklı	Selim
1987	Kiracı	Kerim
1987	Japon İşi	Veysel
1988	Düttürü Dünya	Dütdüt Mehmet
1988	Uyanık Gazeteci	Ali
1988	Sevimli Hırsız	Metin Mertoglu
1988	Polizei	Ali Ekber
1988	Öğretmen	Teacher Hüsnü
1988	İnatçı	Bayram
1988	Bıçkın	Ali / Himself	Dual role
1989	Zehir Hafiye	Cemal
1989	Talih Kuşu	Osman Abalı
1989	Gülen Adam	Yusuf Şaplak
1990	Abuk Sabuk Bir Film	Âdemoğlu
1990	Koltuk Belası	Zühtü Kaya
1990	Boynu Bükük Küheylan	İbrahim Küheylan
1991	Varyemez	Ragıp Elibol
1999	Propaganda	Mehdi	final leading role

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Saygılar Bizden	Mübasir Riza
1993	Şaban Askerde	Şaban	2 episodes
1994	Bay Kamber	Bay Kamber[2]	11 episodes
1997	Şaban İle Şirin	Şaban	3 episodes

Awards

• 1977: 14. Antalya Film Şenliği (14th Antalya Film Festival), Best Actor, Kapıcılar Kralı
• 1998: 35. Antalya Film Şenliği (35th Antalya Film Festival), Lifetime honorary award, Kapıcılar Kralı
• 1989: 2. Ankara Film Şenliği (2nd Ankara Film Festival), Best Actor, Düttürü Dünya

Books

Year	Title	Publisher	ISBN
1998	TV ve Sinemada Kemal Sunal Güldürüsü	Sel Yayınları	ISBN 9755702628
2001	Kemal Sunal Güldürüsü	Om Yayınevi	ISBN 9756827793

See also

• Şener Şen
• Nazan Saatci, from movie Tokatçı (1983)

References

Further reading

• Gül Sunal, Kemal Hadi Gel, Bi Kahve İçelim, Doğan Kitap, ISBN 9786050923216
• Feriha Karasu Gürses, Kemal Sunal Film Başka Yaşam Başka, Sel Yayınları, Istanbul 2002, ISBN 9755701524
• Nuran Turan, Kemal Sunal Çocukken, Önel Yayınevi, ISBN 9757248924
• Vadullah Taş, Kemal Sunal Filmlerini Anlatıyor, Esen Kitap ISBN 9786056224508

External links

• Kemal Sunal at IMDb

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Cüneyt Arkın	Golden Orange Award for Best Actor 1977 for Kapıcılar Kralı	Succeeded by Tarık Akan

На других языках

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[de] Kemal Sunal

Ali Kemal Sunal (* 11. November 1944 in Istanbul; † 3. Juli 2000 in Istanbul) war ein türkischer Volksschauspieler und Drehbuchautor. Bekannt wurde er vor allem durch die Filmreihe Die chaotische Klasse, in denen er den Schüler Şaban spielt.

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- [en] Kemal Sunal

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[ru] Сунал, Кемаль

Кемаль Сунал (в народе Шабан (тур. Şaban); 11 ноября 1944, Стамбул[1] — 3 июля 2000) — легендарный турецкий актёр-комик.

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