Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1957) is a Turkish comedian, actor and talk show host of

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descent.

Biography

Mehmet Ali was born in

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, Turkey, as the son of Sadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957. He is the grandson of Mehmed Efendi and the great-grandson of Mehmed Esad Erbilî. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul,

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and

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. In 1970, he enrolled in the Theatre Department of State Conservatory in Ankara. Having graduated, he started his acting career in Ankara State Theatre. Afterwards, he moved to Istanbul and continued his career in musical films. In 1984, he first started his television career in a programme he hosted together with Derya Baykal and Çiğdem Tunç. He currently suffers from a rare disease called

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. His TV show '' Çarkıfelek'' (Turkey's version of ''

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'') was cancelled on 6 October 2010 due to Erbil's derogatory reference to

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s.Turkey's Star TV cancels game show over host's remarks
'' Hurriyet Daily News'' The program started again in September 2011 on

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. Erbil is also the Turkish voice of

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from the ''

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'' franchise.

Filmography

;Actor: * "''Harakiri''" (1975) * "''Şıpsevdi''" (1977) TV series * "''Aşk Dediğin Laftır''" (1977) * "''

Hababam Sınıfı ''Hababam Sınıfı'' (The Chaos Class) is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, featuring an ensemble cast including Kemal Sunal, Tarık Akan and Münir Özkul that tells the adventures of a pri ...

Güle Güle''" (1981) * "''Hülya''" (1988) * "''Bay E''" (1995) * "''Tatlı Kaçıklar''" (1996) * "''Kahpe Bizans''" (1999) * "''Aşkım Aşkım''" (2001) TV series * "''Hemşo''" (2001) * "''Hastayım Doktor''" (2002) TV series * "''En Son Babalar Duyar''" (2002) TV series * "''Büyümüş de Küçülmüş''" (2003) TV series * "''Ömerçip''" (2002) * "''Teberik Şanssız''" (2004) * "''

Merhaba''" (2004) * "''

Askerde''" (2004) * "''Hırsız Var''" (2005) * "''

3,5''" (2005) * "''Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı''" (2006) * "''

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ın Oğlu''" (2006) * "''Emret Komutanım: Şah Mat''" (2007) * "''Yıldızlar Savaşı''" (2007)

References

Sources

* IMDb �
''Biography for Mehmet Ali Erbil''
* Sinemateknik.com �
''Biography of Mehmet Ali Erbil''

External links

*
Mehmet Ali Erbil Fan Club
1957 births Turkish people of Kurdish descent Living people Male actors from Istanbul Turkish game show hosts Turkish male film actors Turkish male television actors Balıkesir Lisesi alumni Television people from Istanbul {{turkey-actor-stub