Kemal Sunal

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Nov 11, 1944 (80 years old)
Death date
Jul 03, 2000

Kemal Sunal

Known For

Şaban ile Şirin
TV Show 1997

Şaban ile Şirin

Kiracı
1h 27m
Movie 1987

Kiracı

Kerim lives with his family in a rent house for years. One day his landlord tells him to look for another house or raise the rent money.He finds a house by the help of Sühandan whom he works together and in love.

The Handsome
1h 26m
Movie 1987

The Handsome

Selim is a paperboy who delivers the morning papers with his truck. He buys a walkie talkie to find find a friend. His codename is "The Handsome". After a while he meets the girl and they start a relationship. It is hard for them to get married.

Poor
1h 36m
Movie 1986

Poor

Kemal is a young man who does all kinds of work to make ends meet and is passionate about football. The young man who makes his living from the hardest, one day finds a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Kemal, who adopted the orphaned baby, raises and takes care of the girl like the baby's father.

Yoksul
1h 17m
Movie 1986

Yoksul

A kind-hearted tea maker works in a bustling commercial inn, where his good nature makes him an easy target. The business owner takes advantage of his generosity, while the woman he loves manipulates him for money, playing on his trust. As he faces these challenges, his simple routine slowly begins to shift, leading to unexpected turns that force him to rethink his place in the world.

Tarzan Rıfkı
1h 23m
Movie 1986

Tarzan Rıfkı

A story about a poor and guilt guy who is being used by mafia for dirty work.

Deli Deli Küpeli
1h 27m
Movie 1986

Deli Deli Küpeli

Two schizophrenic patients escape from a mental asylum supposing they were mistakenly quarantined. When they arrive at a country village, the villagers assume one is a sheriff and the other is a local magistrate.

Biography

Born in 1944 Istanbul, Turkey. Graduated from Vefa High School, Fatih, Istanbul. Sunal acted in many popular films, although he began his artistic career in the theater. His first play was called, "Unwilling Doctor" and he later worked at the Devekusu Kabare Theatre with Ulvi Uraz. Although Sunal had minor roles at first, after 1973 he was highly acclaimed for his roles in movies with large casts. He won the Antalya Film Festival's Golden Orange Award in 1977. He contributed greatly to Turkish cinema with his successful acting, including his roles in such movies as "Hababam Sinifi" (Outrageous Class), "Kapicilar Krali" (King of Janitors), "Salako" (Moron), "Inek Saban" (Shaban the Cow) and "Davaro". Sunal's latest role was in Sinan Cetin's border comedy "Propaganda"(1999). He also made a TV commercial. Kemal Sunal died suddenly of a heart attack on July 3 at Istanbul's Ataturk Airport. he had just boarded the plane for Trabzon, where he was to take part in the filming of director Ali Ozgenturk's "Balalaika" (2000). His death caused a wave of sorrow across Turkey. President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit and Minister of Culture Istemihan Talay and other politicians sent messages of condolence expressing their sorrow.

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