Memet Ali Alabora

Turkish film and theatre actor

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Pınar Öğün

(m. 2009; div. 2021)

Memet Ali Alabora (born 25 November 1977) is a Turkish film and theatre actor. He is the son of actors Mustafa Alabora and Betül Arım. He is best known for hit crime comedy "Yılan Hikayesi".^[1]

Biography

The eldest child of a family of artists, Alabora's first performing experiences were in the plays The Matchmaker, Fiddler on the Roof, and West Side Story, which were performed in English by the theater branch of his school. In high school, Alabora also acted in plays by Shakespeare and Orhan Veli. In 1994, with support from his high school, Özel Boğaziçi Lisesi, Alabora founded a semi-professional theater.

His first professional acting position was in the play Acaba Hangisi?, performed at the Tiyatro Istanbul. At the same time, between 1995 and 1997, he worked as a reporter for the TV program A Takımı ("The A Team"), broadcast on ATV. With Sanem Çelik, he played together in the hit series "Kara Melek" and "Canım Kocacım" for twice. He played the lead role in Yılan Hikâyesi ("Snake Story"). In 1999, he played the lead role in the film Kayıkçı ("Boatman"), a Turkish-Greek joint production.^[2]

Alabora graduated from the Theater Department of the Istanbul University State Conservatory. He received his master's degree from Yıldız Technical University’s Faculty of Art and Design. Alabora is one of the founders of garajistanbul, a contemporary performing arts institution where he worked until May 2010. He is married to actress Pınar Öğün.

He played in sequel films of cult films "Hababam Sınıfı" (1974). He appeared in film "Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz" based from cult play. He played in comedy-crime film series "Maskeli Beşler".

In 2011 he was awarded a Tarzan of Manisa award.^[3]^{[citation needed]}

In 2012 he financed, starred in and directed Mi Minör.

Alabora is an activist in favor of civil rights and the environment; in 2013 he supported the Gezi protests.^[4] Because of his support for the protests, and because of the way the media had shown clips of the Mi Minör play, Alabora and his teammates "felt it would be better to leave the country."^[5] They left and settled in Cardiff, Wales^[6]^[7]

Stage

1998 Hommage to Çiğdem Talu (Istanbul University State Conservatory)
1998–2010 Acaba Hangisi? (Tiyatro İstanbul) - Vladi
1999 Uzakta Piyano Sesleri (Piano Sounds From Distance) (İ.Ü. Devlet Konservaturarı) - Stanislavski
2003–04 The Taming Of The Shrew (Istanbul City Theatre) - Petruchio
2008 Hüsn-ü Aşk'a Dair (Istanbul State Opera and Ballet) - Narrator
2008–10 Histanbul (garajistanbulpro) - Ali Bora
2009–10 Muhabir (10+) - Memet Ali Alabora
2012–13 Mi Minor (EEMPCM) - President
2014 Gegen Die Wand (Theater Freiburg) - President

Filmography

Movies

1999 Kayıkçı - Kayıkçı
2002 Abdülhamit Düşerken - Soldier Arif
2003 Sır Çocukları Children Of Secret) - Reşo
2004 Hababam Sınıfı Merhaba - Matkap Emre
2005 Hababam Sınıfı Askerde - Matkap Emre
2005 Şans Kapıyı Kırınca - Passenger
2005 Ayın Karanlık Yüzü - Yusuf
2005 Maskeli Beşler İntikam Peşinde - Murat
2005 Dondurmam Gaymak - "Acting instructor"
2006 Hababam Sınıfı 3,5 - Matkap Emre
2006 Eve Dönüş - Mustafa
2008 Gölge - Şerif
2009 Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz - Hüsrev (Doctor)
2011 Entelköy Efeköy'e Karşı - Oyun Tasarımı
2017 Trendy - Mehmet
2018 To Provide All People - A&E Consultant

TV serials

1996 Kara Melek - Hakan
1999 Yılan Hikayesi - Memoli
2002 Kınalı Kar - (Guest role)
2003 Canım Kocacım - Can Berke
2004 Kasırga İnsanları
2004 Hayalet - Sonat
2006 Karınca Yuvası - Engin
2013 Galip Derviş - Zafer Uzungöl
2017 Keeping Faith as Luca Samaras
2018 Dark Heart as Nick Kyriacou
2021 Fflam as Deniz
2022 Four Lives as Sami Sak
2022 Y Golau as Murat Özdemir
2022 The Serpent Queen as Sultan Suleiman I

Short Film

2002 Pamuk Prenses - Young Man
2019 Involuntary Activist - Hakan

Programming

2010 Heberler - Çeşitli

Other works

1995–1997 ATV A Team News Programme - Reporter
2001–2003 Notada Yazmayanlar "Classical Music Programme" (Radyo Kozmos) - Together with Emir Gamsızoğlu producer and host
2001 The Road To Eldorada- Tulio's voiceover
2002–2007 tr:Müjdat Gezen Sanat Merkezi (Mujdat Gezen Art Center) - Stage instructor
2002–2008 Andante Magazine - Editor, writer - Shared column with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu
2007–2010 garajistanbul - Board member, communications director
2008 Çevre Bey - Çevre Bey's voiceover and model for the character
2008 Goldberg Variations Journey (Classical Music Project) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
2009–2010 Notada Yazmayanlar for Children (İş Sanat) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
2010 Chopin's 200th Birthday, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall, (Classical Music Project) - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
2011 Oyuncular Sendikası (Union of Actors) - Chairman
2012 Mi Minör - Director

References

^ "Mehmet Ali Alabora nerede, kimdir? Mehmet Ali Alabora annesi, babası, eşi kimdir?". aksam.com.tr. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ "Huzuru ve başarıyı birlikte arıyorum". Milliyet. 6 October 2002. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
^ "6. Manisa Tarzanı Ödülü 'Entelköy-Efeköy' Filmine!". 2 June 2011.
^ "Gendarmerie to guard threatened Gezi Park protester actor Alabora". Hürriyet Daily News. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "The persecuted Turkish artists who made Cardiff their home". BBC News. 24 January 2017.
^ "Belonging to Wales: From Turkey to Trebinshun". 12 August 2019.
^ "Memet Ali Alabora ve Haluk Bilginer 7 yıl sonra aynı filmde". www.hurriyet.com.tr. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2024.