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