Tuncel Kurtiz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1936
- Died
- September 27, 2013 (aged 77)
- Birthplace
- Bilecik, Turkey
Biography
Tuncel Tayanç Kurtiz (1 February 1936 – 27 September 2013) was a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright, and film director Since 1964, he acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions. Since 1958, Kurtiz performed on many stages in Istanbul, in state and private theatres. He was also on the stage at Gothenburg City Theatre, Stockholm Royal Theatre and Swedish Theatre in Sweden, Schaubühne Berlin, Frankfurt City Theatre and Hamburg City Theatre in Germany and at Peter Brook Shakespeare Royal Theatre in England. Kurtiz directed plays for the German-Turkish theatre project "Türkisches Ensemble" in the late 1970s. During his university years and later the military service period, he became friends with the renowned film director Yılmaz Güney. They made a number of films together. Their 1970 film Umut was prohibited to leave Turkey, but was shown in Cannes Film Festival by a smuggled copy. His first film role was in Şeytanın Uşakları, shot in 1964. Since then, Tuncel Kurtiz played also in many international productions like Swedish, German, Dutch, Italian, French, British, Israel and Indian films and TV series, mostly in the original language.
Known For
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Filmography
Türkiye'nin 68'i
Movie · as Self
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Movie · as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
Movie · as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
Movie · as Self (voice)
The Magnificent Century
TV · as Ebu Suud Efendi · 79 eps
Black and White
Movie
The Lost Gift
Movie
Pains of Autumn
Movie · as Kamil Efendi
Ezel
TV · as Ramiz Karaeski · 71 eps
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Movie · as Said
The Edge of Heaven
Movie · as Ali Aksu
Asi
TV · as Cemal Ağa · 71 eps
Hacı
TV · 15 eps
Tales of Intransigence
Movie
Alacakaranlık
TV · 7 eps
On the Tiger's Back
Movie · as Fatih
O da Beni Seviyor
Movie · as Masalcı
The Waterfall
Movie · as Kel Selim
In Foreign Soil
Movie · as Self
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Movie · as Uncle Ismet
Hoşçakal Yarın
Movie · as Ali Elverdi
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Movie
Çökertme
Movie
Sawdust Tales
Movie · as Fisherman
Journey on a Clock Hand
Movie · as Agah
Somersault in a Coffin
Movie · as Reis
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Movie
Işıklar Sönmesin
Movie
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Movie · as Topal Recep Paşa
Love is Colder Than Death
Movie · as Dursun
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Movie
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Movie
Baba
Movie
Gölgedekiler
TV · 1 ep
Dark Shadows of Fear
Movie · as Mohammed
Kvällspressen
TV · as Abdel · 6 eps
Dødelig kjemi
TV · as Ahmed Jhani · 4 eps
Amforans gåta
TV · as Papa · 6 eps
The Mahabharata
Movie · as Shakuni
Die Hallo-Sisters
Movie · as Samy
Time of Vengeance
Movie · as grand-father
The Guardian Angel
Movie · as Ivar
The Mahabharata
TV · as Shakuni · 1 ep
Code Name Coq Rouge
Movie · as Al-Houl
The Smile of the Lamb
Movie · as Hilmi
The Frozen Leopard
Movie
On a Narrow Bridge
Movie
Kalabaliken i Bender
Movie
The Wall
Movie · as Tonton Ali
On Fertile Lands
Movie · as Zeynel
Hasan the Rose
Movie · as Hakan / The film director
Kanal
Movie · as Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
Movie · as Hamo Ağa
The Bus
Movie
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Movie
Hope
Movie · as Hasan
Scene of the Crime
TV · as Der Kleine · 1 ep
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Movie · as Cengiz
Krallar Ölmez
Movie · as Komiser
Kuduz Recep
Movie · as Hamza
Silahların Kanunu
Movie
The Ugly King
Movie
Kanli Mezar
Movie
Law of the Border
Movie · as Bekir
Horse, Woman and Gun
Movie
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Movie
Zehirli Kucak
Movie
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Movie
The Road That Has No End
Movie · as Köylü
I Live When I Die
Movie
The Last Birds
Movie · as Turgut
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Movie
Krallar Kralı
Movie
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Movie · as Hüseyin
Konyakçı
Movie
Kanlı Meydan
Movie
Sokaklar Yanıyor
Movie · as Orhan