He studied at Koca Ragıp Paşa Primary School and İstanbul Erkek High School, before studying theatre at İstanbul Municipal Conservatory.
For some time, he drew cartoons for the Günaydın paper at the Comedy Education Centre and became well known for his "Tonton' caricatures.
[1] In 1997, he played İsmet İnönü in the film Kurtuluş directed by Ziya Öztan and 'Berber Al' in the film Ağır Roman directed by Mustafa Altıoklar.
[2] In 2002, he played Father Nusret in the series Ekmek Teknesi broadcast by ATV.
On 20 December 2007, Dinçel suffered internal bleeding and died at İstanbul's Memorial Hospital.