Memet Ali Alabora


Memet Ali Alabora is a Turkish film and theatre actor. He is the son of actors Mustafa Alabora and Betül Arım.
He is best known for the crime comedy "Yılan Hikayesi". With Sanem Çelik, he acted in the series "Kara Melek", "Canım Kocacım", film "Ayın Karanlık Yüzü".
In 1999, he played the lead role in the film Kayıkçı, a Turkish-Greek joint production. He played in sequels of cult films "Hababam Sınıfı". He appeared in film "Yedi Kocalı Hürmüz" based on a cult play. He acted in comedy-crime film series "Maskeli Beşler".
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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, broadcast on ATV.
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.
In 2011 he was awarded a Tarzan of Manisa award.
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.
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." They left and settled in Cardiff, Wales

Stage

  • 1998 Hommage to Çiğdem Talu
  • 1998–2010 Acaba Hangisi? - Vladi
  • 1999 Uzakta Piyano Sesleri - Stanislavski
  • 2003–04 The Taming Of The Shrew - Petruchio
  • 2008 Hüsn-ü Aşk'a Dair - Narrator
  • 2008–10 Histanbul - Ali Bora
  • 2009–10 Muhabir - Memet Ali Alabora
  • 2012–13 Mi Minor - President
  • 2014 Gegen Die Wand - President

Filmography

TV serials

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" - Together with producer and host
  • 2001 The Road To Eldorada- Tulio's voiceover
  • 2002–2007 :tr:Müjdat Gezen Sanat Merkezi - Stage instructor
  • 2002–2008 Andante Magazine - Editor, writer - Shared column with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu
  • 2007–2010 garajistanbul - Board member, communications director
  • 2008 - Çevre Bey's voiceover and model for the character
  • 2008 Goldberg Variations Journey - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
  • 2009–2010 Notada Yazmayanlar for Children - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
  • 2010 Chopin's 200th Birthday,, - Together with pianist Emir Gamsızoğlu design and host
  • 2011 Oyuncular Sendikası - Chairman
  • 2012 Mi Minör - Director