Tuncel Kurtiz
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.
Fotos
Películas (68)
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025 · Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
2013 · Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
2012 · Self (voice)
The Lost Gift
2010
Black and White
2010
Pains of Autumn
2009 · Kamil Efendi
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008 · Said
The Edge of Heaven
2007 · Ali Aksu
Tales of Intransigence
2004
On the Tiger's Back
2002 · Fatih
The Waterfall
2001 · Kel Selim
O da Beni Seviyor
2001 · Masalcı
In Foreign Soil
2001 · Self
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998 · Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998 · Uncle Ismet
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
Çökertme
1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997 · Agah
Sawdust Tales
1997 · Fisherman
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
Somersault in a Coffin
1996 · Reis
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Topal Recep Paşa
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1996
Love is Colder Than Death
1995 · Dursun
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
Baba
1994
Dark Shadows of Fear
1993 · Mohammed
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990 · Samy
The Guardian Angel
1990 · Ivar
The Mahabharata
1990 · Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
1990 · grand-father
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989 · Al-Houl
The Smile of the Lamb
1986 · Hilmi
The Frozen Leopard
1986
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
The Wall
1983 · Tonton Ali
Hasan the Rose
1980 · Hakan / The film director, Director, Writer
On Fertile Lands
1980 · Zeynel, Writer
Kanal
1979 · Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
1978 · Hamo Ağa
Guestworker's Road
1978 · Director
The Bus
1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
Hope
1970 · Hasan
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967 · Cengiz
Krallar Ölmez
1967 · Komiser
Kuduz Recep
1967 · Hamza
Law of the Border
1966 · Bekir
The Ugly King
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
Silahların Kanunu
1966
Kanli Mezar
1966
Zehirli Kucak
1966
Krallar Kralı
1965
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
The Road That Has No End
1965 · Köylü
I Live When I Die
1965
The Last Birds
1965 · Turgut
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965 · Hüseyin
Konyakçı
1965
Kanlı Meydan
1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965 · Orhan
Türkiye'nin 68'i
· Self
Series (11)
The Magnificent Century
2011 · Ebu Suud Efendi
Ezel
2009 · Ramiz Karaeski
Asi
2007 · Cemal Ağa
Hacı
2006
Alacakaranlık
2003
Gölgedekiler
1994
Dødelig kjemi
1992 · Ahmed Jhani
Kvällspressen
1992 · Abdel
Amforans gåta
1991 · Papa
The Mahabharata
1990 · Shakuni
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Der Kleine