Kemal Sunal

Ali Kemal Sunal (born November 11, 1944 in Malatya , † July 3, 2000 in Istanbul ) was a Turkish folk actor and screenwriter . He was best known for the film series The Chaotic Class , in which he played the student Şaban . Sunal "enjoys" cult status in Turkey even after his death .

Life

Childhood and youth

Kemal Sunal was born in Malatya on November 11, 1944. In Istanbul he attended the Vefa High School in Fatih . He then took courses in mass media radio, television and film at Marmara University , but was unable to continue his studies due to the political unrest in the country and the 1980 military coup . He graduated in 1995 at the age of 51.

Film career

Kemal Sunal in his role as Saban in the film Saban Oğlu Şaban (1977).

He made his first acting experiences in the early 1970s in the theater (including in the play Zoraki Takip and later in the theater of Devekuşu Kabare ). In 1973 Sunal was discovered by the director Ertem Eğilmez ( Arzu Film ) and got his first supporting roles in his films. Kemal Sunal made his breakthrough as an actor in the successful film Hababam Sınıfı ( The Chaotic Class ) based on the novel by Rıfat Ilgaz , which had become a bestseller in Turkey. In Hababam Sinifi it comes to a class in high school at a private school whose students (all spoiled children of rich parents) already completely several times could not be moved to the next higher class, as they are to have at the school for anything, except to Learn. It is the funny story of a chaotic class that has no prospect of graduating from high school, but is not removed from school either because the director of the private school depends on the money of its rich parents. In addition, the class has won the hearts of most school employees, so that none of the employees has the heart to pull through the request for removal of the class or individual students from the school to the end. In this film, Sunal played the naive İnek Şaban (analogously Shaban, the cattle ).

This was followed by three sequels to the Hababam series and numerous other films. Among them are Köyden İndim Şehire ( I came from the village to the city ), Şabanoğlu Şaban ( Schaban, son of Schaban ), Tosun Paşa ( Tosun Pascha ), Süt Kardeşler ( The "Milk Siblings" ). The main character in these films is always called Şaban , after the first role in Hababam .

Between 1972 and 1999 he made a total of 84 films.

Kemal Sunal found recognition for his acting skills in 1977 with the award for Best Male Leading Role at the Antalya Film Festival in the film Kapıcılar Kralı ( King of Caretakers ). His films have turned from initially naive 70s comedies into increasingly socially critical comedies, but have been criticized for their frequent use of swear words and colloquial languages.

death

Kemal Sunal's grave in the Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı Cemetery in Istanbul , 2013

Kemal Sunal died on July 3, 2000 of a heart attack , which he suffered on the flight to Trabzon due to his fear of flying .

He left behind his wife and two children. His son Ali Sunal is also an actor and starred with his father in Propaganda , Sunal's last film before his death. Kemal Sunal is buried in the Zincirlikuyu Mezarlığı Cemetery in Istanbul .

Honors

• 1977: "Best Male Leading Role" for Kapicilar Krali (14th Antalya Film Festival )
• 1989: "Best male leading role" for Düttürü Dünya (2nd Ankara Film Festival)
• 1998: "Lifetime Achievement" (35th Antalya Film Festival)
• 2014: For his seventieth birthday, on November 11th, Google dedicated one of his doodles to Kemal Sunal

Filmography

actor

year Original title role 1972 Tatlı Dillim Basketball player 1973 Oh Olsun Fazıl Haznedar 1973 Güllü Geliyor Güllü Assassin 1973 Canım Kardeşim Yolcu 1973 Yalancı Yarim Kemal 1974 Hasret Yanık 1974 Salak Milyoner Saffet 1974 Köyden İndim Şehire Saffet 1974 Salako Salako 1974 Mavi Boncuk Kaymakam Cafer 1975 Şaşkın Damat Apti 1975 Hanzo Hanzo / Cabbar 1975 Hababam Sinifi İnek Şaban 1975 Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı İnek Şaban 1976 Tosun Paşa Şaban / Tosun Pasha 1976 Süt Kardeşler Şaban 1976 Saw Kabadayı Kemal 1976 Meraklı Köfteci Zühü Karışan 1976 Kapıcılar Kralı Seyid 1976 Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor İnek Şaban 1977 Sakar Şakir Şakir 1977 Şabanoğlu Şaban Şaban 1977 İbo İle Güllüşah İbo 1977 Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde İnek Şaban 1977 Çöpçuler Kralı Abdi Şakrak 1978 Yüz Numaralı Adam Şaban 1978 Köşeyi Dönen Adam Adem 1978 Kibar Feyzo Feyzo 1978 İyi Aile Çocuğu Kemal / Cemal 1978 İnek Şaban Şaban 1978 Avanak Apti Apti 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 Gol Kralı Sait Sarıoğlu 1980 Gerzek Şaban Osman / Seyfi 1980 Devlet Kuşu Mustafa 1981 Üç Kağıtçı Rıfkı 1981 Kanlı Nigar Abdi / Narçın 1981 Davaro memo 1982 Yedi Bela Hüsnü Hüsnü 1982 Doctor Civanım Kemal 1983 Tokatçı Osman 1983 Kılıbık Kamil 1983 En Büyük Şaban Şaban 1983 Çarıklı Milyoner Bayram 1984 Şabaniye Şaban / Şabaniye 1984 Postacı Yandan Çarklı Adem 1984 Ortadirek Şaban Şaban 1984 Atla Gel Şaban Niyazi 1985 Sosyete Şaban Şaban Ağa / Dilaver Bey 1985 Şendul Şaban Şaban 1985 Şaban Papuçu Yarım Şaban 1985 Keriz Zülfü 1985 Katma Değer Şaban Şaban 1985 Gurbetçi Şaban Şaban 1986 Yoksul Yoksul 1986 Tarzan Rıfkı Tarzan Rıfkı 1986 Garip Kemal 1986 Deli Deli Küpeli Kaymakam 1986 Davacı Yunus 1987 Yakışıklı Selim 1987 Kiracı Kerim 1987 Japon İşi Veysel 1988 Uyanık Gazeteci Ali 1988 Sevimli Hırsız Metin 1988 police Ali Ekber 1988 Öğretmen Hüsnü 1988 İnatçı Bayram 1988 Düttürü Dünya Dut Dut Mehmet 1988 Bıçkın Ali / Kemal Sunal 1989 Zehir Hafiye Cemal 1989 Talih Kuşu Osman Abalı 1989 Gulen Adam Yusuf Şaplak 1990 Koltuk Belası Zühu Kaya 1990 Boynu Bükük Küheylan İbrahim Küheylan 1990 Abuk Sabuk Bir film Âdemoğlu 1991 Varyemez Ragıp Elibol 1999 propaganda Mehdi

producer

year	Original title
1978	Engin Nursani
1978	İnek Şaban
1979	Bekçiler Kralı
1979	Dokunmayın Şabanıma

Screenwriter

year	Original title
1983	Çarıklı Milyoner
1985	Sosyete Şaban

Web links

• Kemal Sunal in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Kemal Sunal biography in Turkish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ November 11, 2014, 70th birthday of Kemal Sunal