Nusret Çetinel

Nusret Çetinel was born in Ankara on January 26, 1952 and graduated from Ankara State Conservatory, Department of Theatre. He joined TRT in 1976 and started working in both acting and dubbing; He continued this long career until 2021. After working at the State Theaters, he retired in 2011, and then continued to perform on stages such as Ankara Ekin Theater and Ankara Art Theater.

In the voice-over world, he took part in projects such as “Police Academy”, “Star Wars”, “Stone Age” and “The Jetsons”. Television viewers knew him with the character of Şadan in the TV series "Bizim Evin Halleri"; He also appeared in many series such as "Behzat Ç.", "Magnificent Century", "Sevda on the Wings of the Bird", "Unnamed", "Payitaht Abdulhamid", "Love Cries" and "Mavera".

The artist, who also made his voice heard in children's programs, played the characters of Uncle Basri in "Rafadan Tayfa", Tidebo in "İbi" and Hasan Dede in "Aslan" on TRT Çocuk.

He was married to Tomris Çetinel, who shared his life with the world of theatre, cinema and TV series; From this marriage, two daughters named Zeynep Şirin Giobbi and Elif Alara were born. Zeynep Şirin also does voice-over and acting; He lends his voice to the character Akın in "Rafadan Tayfa", in which his father appears. Elif Alara died of a brain hemorrhage in 2022, one year after her father's death.

Nusret Çetinel passed away at the age of 69 due to a heart attack on September 1, 2021. After the afternoon prayer at Kocatepe Mosque, his family, relatives, Deputy Minister of Culture and Tourism Serdar Çam and artist Tamer Karadağlı attended his funeral; The burial ceremony was held at Cebeci Asri Cemetery. It is also known that he had been treated for cancer for a year before his death.

Productions in which he took part

He took part in 23 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.

• Behzat Ç.: An Ankara Detective Story (2010) — Yalçın Sinanoğlu
• After the Rain (2006) — Isidor Mithat Uygun/Emanuel Bonari
• İbi (2015) — Tidebo
• Rafadan Tayfa (2014) — Basri Uncle (voice)
• The Last Agha (2008)
• Samanyolu (2009) — Namık's Father
• Love is on the Wings of the Bird (2016)
• Nameless (2017) — Yunus Ağa
• The State of Our House (2000) — Şadan Ulusoy
• Mavera: Hace Ahmed Yesevi (2021) — Halife Müsterşid
• The Boss Wants a Happy Ending (2014)
• Green Dreams (2006) — Haşmet Karacan

Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.