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

Biography

Mehmet Ali was born in

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

, 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 Esad Erbili or Mehmed Esad Efendi (1847 – March 1931) was a sheikh of the Naqshi-Khalidi Sufi order. At the beginning of World War I, he took a branch of the Naqshbandiyah school of thought to Istanbul. Early years Esad Erbili was born in ...

. He completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul,

Ankara Ankara ( , ; ), historically known as Ancyra and Angora, is the capital of Turkey. Located in the central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5.1 million in its urban center and over 5.7 million in Ankara Province, mak ...

and

Balıkesir Balıkesir () is a city in Turkey and is the capital city of Balıkesir Province. Balıkesir is located in the Marmara region of Turkey and has a population of 338,936. Between 1341–1922, it was the capital of Karasi. History Close to ...

. 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. His TV show '' Çarkıfelek'' (Turkey's version of '' Wheel of Fortune'') was cancelled on 6 October 2010 due to Erbil's derogatory reference to

Alevi Alevism or Anatolian Alevism (; tr, Alevilik, ''Anadolu Aleviliği'' or ''Kızılbaşlık''; ; az, Ələvilik) is a local Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Alevi Islamic ( ''bāṭenī'') teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, ...

s.Turkey's Star TV cancels game show over host's remarks
'' Hurriyet Daily News'' The program started again in September 2011 on TNT. Erbil is also the Turkish voice of

Sheriff Woody Sheriff Woody Pride is a Character (arts), fictional, Pullstring, pull-string cowboy doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise. In the films, Woody is the main protagonist, alongside Buzz Lightyear. H ...

from the ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut This is a list of film directorial debuts in chronological order. The films and dates referred to are a director's fi ...

'' 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 p ...

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) * "'' Dünyayı Kurtaran Adamın 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

Biography

Filmography

See also

References

Sources

External links