Zeki Sezer (January 1, 1929, Edirne - June 5, 2007, Istanbul) is a Turkish actor who played supporting roles in hundreds of films in Yeลilรงam. Kemal Sunal is remembered as one of the familiar faces of his comedies. Not to be confused with former DSP chairman Zeki Sezer.
Vital
After graduating from Edirne Boys' High School, he moved to Istanbul and worked as a warehouse manager in ฤฐETT's ลiลli unit. After his military service, he became a customs enforcement officer in Izmir; After serving in this position for a while, he resigned and returned to Istanbul.
Cinema career
He turned to cinema with the offers he received after he participated in a competition opened by Ses magazine. He took his first role in 1967 with a minor character in Kurลun Yaฤmuru, directed by Hรผsnรผ Cantรผrk. In the following decades, he gave life to many different supporting characters such as doctors, lawyers, waiters, bosses and businessmen.
What remained in the audience's mind were the grumpy bosses, the despised waiters, and the villains who eventually paid the price for their actions.
He became one of the actors frequently seen in Kemal Sunal films; He played a waiter in False Kabadayฤฑ and was in the cast of ฤฐnek ลaban. Since the 1960s, besides acting, he also participated in association and union activities. In total, he acted in more than three hundred movies and ten television series. His last works in front of the camera date back to the early 2000s.
He died at the age of 78 as a result of a heart attack at his home in Zeytinburnu on June 5, 2007. Even though he did not play leading roles throughout his career, he is remembered as one of Yeลilรงam's hardest working character actors.
