İhsan Engin Büyükinal was born on January 21, 1942 in Istanbul. After completing his primary education at Galatasaray High School, he attended Istanbul University Faculty of Letters and graduated from the departments of French Literature and Comparative Romance Philology.
After his graduation, he held various positions in the field of education; He taught French at Galatasaray High School and taught at the School of Foreign Languages and Marmara University, Department of French Language and Literature. İnal, who started modeling in order to buy a motorcycle, stepped into the world of cinema in 1964 after the photographs she sent to Perde Magazine were appreciated.
He shared the leading roles with Türkan Şoray, but he left the cinema in 1968 and married the poet Gülseli İnal in 1969. The couple's daughter, Beliz İnal, is today known as an actress and curator.
Writing and translating were also important parts of İnal's career; He translated approximately fifty works and encyclopedias, wrote a screenplay and a film. Returning to the cinema after 13 years upon Feyzi Tuna's insistence, the artist won the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1985 Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival with his performance in the movie Bir Kadın Bir Hayat. He also played the character of Adnan Adıvar in the TV series "Kurtuluş".
Struggling with health problems, İnal was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and died two years later, on June 20, 2004, at the age of 62 due to prostate cancer. After the funeral prayer performed at Şişli Mosque, he was buried in Feriköy Cemetery.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 46 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Tramp (2003) — Mustafa Evliyazade
- Kurtuluş (1994) — Dr. Adnan Bey
- Jinns and Fairies (2001)
- Storms (1996)
- Misogynist (1967) — Kenan
- The Visit (1987)
- Cumhuriyet (1998) — Adnan Adıvar
- I'm Under My Hat (1965)
- Kuyucaklı Yusuf (1985) — Hilmi Bey
- For example, Muzaffer (1987) — Osman
- Fazilet (1990) — Selim
- Homing Pigeon (1965) — Rahmi
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
