Nusret Çetinel

Nusret Çetinel — Biography

Nusret Çetinel was an actor from Ankara who worked where Turkish theater, television drama and dubbing meet. Wide audiences knew him best as Şadan in the long-running series Bizim Evin Halleri, and younger viewers knew his voice from children's animation. He kept working until his death, and in his last years was also seen in period dramas.

He studied in the theater department of the Ankara State Conservatory. In 1976 he began acting and dubbing at TRT, appeared in many plays at the State Theatres and private stages, and after retiring from the State Theatres in 2011 continued at Ankara Ekin Tiyatrosu and Ankara Sanat Tiyatrosu. As a dubbing artist he lent his voice to productions such as Police Academy, Star Wars, The Flintstones and The Jetsons. On screen he appeared in series including Behzat Ç., Muhteşem Yüzyıl, Sevda Kuşun Kanadında, İsimsizler and Payitaht Abdülhamid, played Hikmet in Aşk Ağlatır and the caliph al-Mustarshid in Mavera, and took film parts in Patron Mutlu Son İstiyor and Karaman'ın Koyunu. For TRT Çocuk he voiced Uncle Basri in Rafadan Tayfa, Tidebo in İbi and Grandfather Hasan in Aslan.

He was married to Tomris Çetinel, herself a theater, film and television actress; one of their daughters also works in voice acting. Çetinel died on September 1, 2021, aged 69. The Actors' Union announced the news, and after a funeral prayer at Kocatepe Mosque he was buried at Cebeci Asri Cemetery in Ankara.