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.
77 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 77
Scene of the Crime
1970
The Magnificent Century
2011
Ezel
2009
Asi
2007
The Mahabharata
1990
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
Alacakaranlık
2003
Kvällspressen
1992
The Edge of Heaven
2007
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989
On the Tiger's Back
2002
The Wall
1983
Hacı
2006
Amforans gåta
1991
The Mahabharata
1990
Law of the Border
1966
Dødelig kjemi
1992
The Herd
1978
The Guardian Angel
1990
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
The Bus
1974
Somersault in a Coffin
1996
Hope
1970
Pains of Autumn
2009
The Road That Has No End
1965
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
O da Beni Seviyor
2001
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997
Happy Family Journal
2013
On Fertile Lands
1980
Sawdust Tales
1997
Gölgedekiler
1994
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
Black and White
2010
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998
The Last Birds
1965
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990
Silahların Kanunu
1966
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
The Waterfall
2001
Kuduz Recep
1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967
Hasan the Rose
1980
The Smile of the Lamb
1986
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
Krallar Ölmez
1967
The Frozen Leopard
1986
Çökertme
1997
Tales of Intransigence
2004
Kanal
1979
Dark Shadows of Fear
1993
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
Time of Vengeance
1990
The Ugly King
1966
Love is Colder Than Death
1995
Konyakçı
1965
My boy, look at the stars
2012
Kanli Mezar
1966
In Foreign Soil
2001
Kanlı Meydan
1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965
Krallar Kralı
1965
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
I Live When I Die
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Türkiye'nin 68'i
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Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
Zehirli Kucak
1966
The Lost Gift
2010
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1997
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
