Tuncel Kurtiz

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

Scene of the Crime

The Magnificent Century

Ezel

Asi

Kvällspressen

Alacakaranlık

The Mahabharata

Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

All Movies (66)

• All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz2025 · as Self
• The Legend of the Ugly King2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Happy Family Journal2013 · as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
• My boy, look at the stars2012 · as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
• The Lost Gift2010
• Black and White2010
• Pains of Autumn2009 · as Kamil Efendi
• Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb2008 · as Said
• The Edge of Heaven2007 · as Ali Aksu
• Tales of Intransigence2004
• On the Tiger's Back2002 · as Fatih
• The Waterfall2001 · as Kel Selim
• O da Beni Seviyor2001 · as Masalcı
• In Foreign Soil2001 · as Self
• Hoşçakal Yarın1998 · as Ali Elverdi
• Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan1998 · as Uncle Ismet
• Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma1998
• Çökertme1997
• Journey on a Clock Hand1997 · as Agah
• Sawdust Tales1997 · as Fisherman
• Gräfin Sophia Hatun1997
• Işıklar Sönmesin1996
• Somersault in a Coffin1996 · as Reis
• Istanbul Beneath My Wings1996 · as Topal Recep Paşa
• Love is Colder Than Death1995 · as Dursun
• Ağrı'ya Dönüş1994
• Bir Aşk Uğruna1994
• Dark Shadows of Fear1993 · as Mohammed
• Die Hallo-Sisters1990 · as Samy
• The Guardian Angel1990 · as Ivar
• The Mahabharata1990 · as Shakuni
• Time of Vengeance1990 · as grand-father
• Code Name Coq Rouge1989 · as Al-Houl
• The Smile of the Lamb1986 · as Hilmi
• The Frozen Leopard1986
• On a Narrow Bridge1985
• Kalabaliken i Bender1983
• The Wall1983 · as Tonton Ali
• Hasan the Rose1980 · as Hakan / The film director
• On Fertile Lands1980 · as Zeynel
• Kanal1979 · as Abuzer Dayı
• The Herd1978 · as Hamo Ağa
• The Bus1974
• Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße1973
• Hope1970 · as Hasan
• Bullets Won't Touch Me1967 · as Cengiz
• Krallar Ölmez1967 · as Komiser
• Kuduz Recep1967 · as Hamza
• Law of the Border1966 · as Bekir
• The Ugly King1966
• Horse, Woman and Gun1966
• Yiğit Yaralı Olur1966
• Silahların Kanunu1966
• Kanli Mezar1966
• Zehirli Kucak1966
• Krallar Kralı1965
• Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim1965
• The Road That Has No End1965 · as Köylü
• I Live When I Die1965
• The Last Birds1965 · as Turgut
• Sokakta Kan Vardı1965
• Üçünüzü de mıhlarım1965 · as Hüseyin
• Konyakçı1965
• Kanlı Meydan1965
• Sokaklar Yanıyor1965 · as Orhan
• Türkiye'nin 68'i— · as Self

All TV Shows (11)

• The Magnificent Century2011 · as Ebu Suud Efendi
• Ezel2009 · as Ramiz Karaeski
• Asi2007 · as Cemal Ağa
• Hacı2006
• Alacakaranlık2003
• Gölgedekiler1994
• Dødelig kjemi1992 · as Ahmed Jhani
• Kvällspressen1992 · as Abdel
• Amforans gåta1991 · as Papa
• The Mahabharata1990 · as Shakuni
• Scene of the Crime1970 · as Der Kleine