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Kenan Bal

Kenan Bal

Actor · 75 years old

Fazıl in the series Aşk ve Mavi

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Age75
Birth dateNovember 29, 1950
BirthplaceAnkara
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signSagittarius
Eye colorHazel
EducationIstanbul University Faculty of Science

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Kenan Bal — Biography

Kenan Bal, whose family originates from Pazar in Rize, was born in Ankara; the family moved to Istanbul in 1959, where he graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty of Science. He worked for a time at the Istanbul Municipality's Parks and Gardens Directorate and served as a Küçükçekmece district council member, and was active in the political scene of the '78 generation before entering the film world through his friendship with Ahmet Mekin. He began acting in the series Denizin Kanı, and in 1996 won the best supporting actor award at the 10th Golden Boll (Altın Koza) Film Festival for Düş, Gerçek, Bir de Sinema. He played Ali Hamzaoğlu in the series Asmalı Konak and the film that continued it, then Nusret in Kampüsistan, Dinçer Bayraktar in Çemberimde Gül Oya and Mercan Bey in Güz Yangını. He played Necip Ilgaz in Lale Devri, Şeyh Erdebili in Somuncu Baba: Aşkın Sırrı, Fazıl in Aşk ve Mavi and, in 2024, Asaf in Bir Gece Masalı.

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History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

Kenan Bal's parts on screen keep returning to the people of the state and its institutions: Gen. Asim Gündüz in Cumhuriyet, the school principal in Veda, Dinçer Bayraktar in Çemberimde Gül Oya. The first two are about the founding years of the Republic; the third looks at the years before September 12. In these Bal does not grab scenes, he becomes a measured face of authority that carries the weight of the period. In my view that is why his career gives a second reading to anyone who wants to understand how a generation related to the state.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

What stands out in Kenan Bal's film work is his link with demanding, thoughtful cinema: the Golden Orange for Düş, Gerçek, Bir de Sinema, Komiser Ömer in Ömer Kavur's Akrebin Yolculuğu, and Ömer Saruhan in Tomris Giritlioğlu's Güz Sancısı, set amid the political tension of the 1950s. These are not formula pictures but films with a clear directorial identity. Long-running series gave him a wider public, but in my view the finer side of his acting is to be seen in these selective film parts.

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