Biography

Savaş Dinçel was born in 1942 in İstanbul. He studied at Koca Ragıp Paşa Primary School and İstanbul Erkek High School, before studying theatre at İstanbul Municipal Conservatory. For some time, he drew cartoons for the Günaydın paper at the Comedy Education Centre.and became well known for his "Tonton' caricatures. Then he worked at the Münir Özkul Theatre, AST Theatre, YEN-AR Theatre before forming the Miyatro Vatandaş Theatre.

In 1997, he played İsmet İnönü

Ismet Inönü

Mustafa İsmet İnönü was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of Turkey. In 1938, the Republican People's Party gave him the title of "Milli Şef" .-Family and early life:...

 in the film Kurtuluş

Kurtulus

Kurtuluş, formerly known as Tatavla , is a cosmopolitan neighborhood of Şişli whose population consists of Turks, Greeks , Armenians , Kurds , and Jews...

directed by Ziya Öztan and 'Berber Al' in the film Ağır Roman directed by Mustafa Altıoklar

Mustafa Altioklar

Mustafa Altıoklar is a Turkish film director, producer and screenwriter.He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1958. His childhood house overlooked a projection room, owned by the Board of Censors, where the members of the board were cutting the films...

. He reprised his role as İsmet İnönü again in the 1998 film Cumhuriyet. In 2000, he acted in Offside (Dar Alanda Kısa Paslaşmalar) and won 'Best Actor' awards at the 20th İstanbul Film Festival. 8th ÇASOD Film awards and the 22nd SİYAD awards for his role as Hacı in the film. In 2002, he played Father Nusret in the series Ekmek Teknesi broadcast by ATV. In 2006, he acted in Ömer Uğur's film Eve Dönüş and continued acting and directing at the City Theatre.

On 20 December 2007, Dinçel suffered internal bleeding and died at İstanbul's Memorial Hospital.

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