Tuncel Kurtiz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 1, 1936
- Died
- Sep 27, 2013 (aged 77)
- Place of birth
- Bilecik, Turkey
- Credits
- 78
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
Filmography
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025Movie
Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017Movie
Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
2013Movie
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
2012Movie
Self (voice)
The Magnificent Century
2011TV
Ebu Suud Efendi
The Lost Gift
2010Movie
Black and White
2010Movie
Pains of Autumn
2009Movie
Kamil Efendi
Ezel
2009TV
Ramiz Karaeski
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008Movie
Said
Asi
2007TV
Cemal Ağa
The Edge of Heaven
2007Movie
Ali Aksu
Hacı
2006TV
Tales of Intransigence
2004Movie
Alacakaranlık
2003TV
On the Tiger's Back
2002Movie
Fatih
The Waterfall
2001Movie
Kel Selim
O da Beni Seviyor
2001Movie
Masalcı
In Foreign Soil
2001Movie
Self
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998Movie
Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998Movie
Uncle Ismet
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998Movie
Çökertme
1997Movie
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997Movie
Agah
Sawdust Tales
1997Movie
Fisherman
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996Movie
Somersault in a Coffin
1996Movie
Reis
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996Movie
Topal Recep Paşa
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1996Movie
Love is Colder Than Death
1995Movie
Dursun
Gölgedekiler
1994TV
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994Movie
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994Movie
Baba
1994Movie
Dark Shadows of Fear
1993Movie
Mohammed
Dødelig kjemi
1992TV
Ahmed Jhani
Kvällspressen
1992TV
Abdel
Amforans gåta
1991TV
Papa
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990Movie
Samy
The Guardian Angel
1990Movie
Ivar
The Mahabharata
1990TV
Shakuni
The Mahabharata
1990Movie
Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
1990Movie
grand-father
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989Movie
Al-Houl
The Smile of the Lamb
1986Movie
Hilmi
The Frozen Leopard
1986Movie
On a Narrow Bridge
1985Movie
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983Movie
The Wall
1983Movie
Tonton Ali
Hasan the Rose
1980Movie
Hakan / The film director
On Fertile Lands
1980Movie
Zeynel
Kanal
1979Movie
Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
1978Movie
Hamo Ağa
The Bus
1974Movie
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973Movie
Scene of the Crime
1970TV
Der Kleine
Hope
1970Movie
Hasan
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967Movie
Cengiz
Krallar Ölmez
1967Movie
Komiser
Kuduz Recep
1967Movie
Hamza
Law of the Border
1966Movie
Bekir
The Ugly King
1966Movie
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966Movie
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966Movie
Silahların Kanunu
1966Movie
Kanli Mezar
1966Movie
Zehirli Kucak
1966Movie
Krallar Kralı
1965Movie
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965Movie
The Road That Has No End
1965Movie
Köylü
I Live When I Die
1965Movie
The Last Birds
1965Movie
Turgut
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965Movie
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965Movie
Hüseyin
Konyakçı
1965Movie
Kanlı Meydan
1965Movie
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965Movie
Orhan
Türkiye'nin 68'i
Movie
Self