Mehmet Ali Erbil

Mehmet Ali Erbil (born 8 February 1962) is a Turkish comedian, actor and talk show host.

Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul, Turkey, as the son of Sadettin Erbil, a theatre and film actor, in 1957.^[1] He is the grandson of Mehmed Efendi and the great-grandson of Mehmed Esad Erbilî.

He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul, Ankara and Balıkesir. 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 capillary leak syndrome.^[2]

His TV show Çarkıfelek (Turkey's version of Wheel of Fortune) was cancelled on 6 October 2010 due to Erbil's derogatory reference to Alevis.^[3] The program started again in September 2011 on TNT.

Filmography

Actor

• "Harakiri" (1975)
• "Şıpsevdi" (1977) TV series
• "Aşk Dediğin Laftır" (1977)
• "Hababam Sınıfı Güle Güle" (1981)
• "Hülya" (1988)
• "Bay E" (1995)
• "Oyuncak Hikayesi" (1995)
• "Tatlı Kaçıklar" (1996)
• "Oyuncak Hikayesi 2" (1999)
• "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)
• "Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba" (2004)
• "Hababam Sınıfı Askerde" (2004)
• "Hırsız Var" (2005)
• "Hababam Sınıfı 3,5" (2005)
• "Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı" (2006)
• "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın Oğlu" (2006)
• "Emret Komutanım: Şah Mat" (2007)
• "Yıldızlar Savaşı" (2007)
• "Oyuncak Hikayesi 3" (2010)

See also

• Cinema of Turkey

References

1. Dogan, Hakan. "Polat, Sharon'ı öpüyor ben Oya Aydoğan'ı". Interview (in Turkish). Hürriyet gazetesi Kelebek eki. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
2. Mehmet Ali Erbil returns to Istanbul, Turkish Daily News
3. Turkey's Star TV cancels game show over host's remarks, Hurriyet Daily News

Sources

• IMDb – Biography for Mehmet Ali Erbil
• Sinemateknik.com – Biography of Mehmet Ali Erbil (Turkish)

External links

• Mehmet Ali Erbil at the Internet Movie Database
• Mehmet Ali Erbil Fan Club