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