Mehmet Ali Erbil is a Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

 comedian, actor and talk show host.

Biography

Mehmet Ali was born in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey

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, as the son of Saadettin 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, Ankara

Ankara

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 and Balıkesir

Balikesir

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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 capillary leak syndrome

Capillary leak syndrome

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.

His TV show Çarkıfelek was cancelled on October 6, 2010 due a Erbil's derogatory reference to Alevi

Alevi

The Alevi are a religious and cultural community, primarily in Turkey, constituting probably more than 15 million people....

s. The program started again in September 2011 on TNT.

Filmography

Actor:

• "Harakiri" (1975)
• "Şıpsevdi" (1977) TV series
• "Aşk Dediğin Laftır" (1977)
• "Hababam Sınıfı
  Hababam Sinifi
  Hababam Sınıfı is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, starring Kemal Sunal as a highschool student in a private school who is challenged by the arrival of a new headmaster...
  
   Güle Güle" (1981)
• "Hülya" (1988)
• "Bay E" (1995)
• "Tatlı Kaçıklar" (1996)
• "Kahpe Bizans" (2000)
• "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" (2003)
• "Teberik Şanssız" (2004)
• "Hababam Sınıfı
  Hababam Sinifi
  Hababam Sınıfı is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, starring Kemal Sunal as a highschool student in a private school who is challenged by the arrival of a new headmaster...
  
   Merhaba" (2004)
• "Hababam Sınıfı
  Hababam Sinifi
  Hababam Sınıfı is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, starring Kemal Sunal as a highschool student in a private school who is challenged by the arrival of a new headmaster...
  
   Askerde" (2005)
• "Hırsız Var" (2005)
• "Keloğlan Kara Prens'e Karşı" (2006)
• "Hababam Sınıfı
  Hababam Sinifi
  Hababam Sınıfı is a 1975 Turkish comedy film, directed by Ertem Eğilmez based on a novel by Rıfat Ilgaz, starring Kemal Sunal as a highschool student in a private school who is challenged by the arrival of a new headmaster...
  
   3,5" (2006)
• "Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam
  Dünyayi Kurtaran Adam
  Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam is a 1982 Turkish-made B-movie commonly known as Turkish Star Wars because of its notorious use of unauthorized Star Wars footage worked into the film.-Cast:...
  
  ın Oğlu" (2006)
• "Emret Komutanım: Şah Mat" (2007)
• "Yıldızlar Savaşı" (2007)

Sources

• IMDb - Biography for Mehmet Ali Erbil
• Sinemateknik.com - Biography of Mehmet Ali Erbil

External links

• Mehmet Ali Erbil Fan Club