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Tuncel Kurtiz

Acting
Known For

77 Years Old

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.

Born

Bilecik, Turkey on 1st February 1936

Died

27th September 2013

All Credits

Scene of the Crime Image
Scene of the Crime
Der Kleine
Magnificent Century Image
Magnificent Century
Ebu Suud Efendi
Ezel Image
Ezel
Ramiz Karaeski
Alacakaranlık Image
Alacakaranlık
Asi Image
Asi
Cemal Ağa
No Image
Hacı
No Image
Amforans gåta
Papa
The Edge of Heaven Image
The Edge of Heaven
Ali Aksu
Kvällspressen Image
Kvällspressen
Abdel
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb Image
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Said
The Wall Image
The Wall
Tonton Ali
Law of the Border Image
Law of the Border
Bekir
Love is Colder Than Death Image
Love is Colder Than Death
Pains of Autumn Image
Pains of Autumn
Kamil Efendi
The Herd Image
The Herd
Hamo Ağa
Happy Family Journal Image
Happy Family Journal
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
The Mahabharata Image
The Mahabharata
Shakuni
Journey on a Clock Hand Image
Journey on a Clock Hand
Agah
A cavallo della tigre Image
A cavallo della tigre
Fatih
Hope Image
Hope
Hasan
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz Image
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Self
On Fertile Lands Image
On Fertile Lands
Zeynel
Somersault in a Coffin Image
Somersault in a Coffin
Reis
The Legend of the Ugly King Image
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)
Konyakçı Image
Konyakçı
Code Name Coq Rouge Image
Code Name Coq Rouge
Al-Houl
My boy, look at the stars Image
My boy, look at the stars
Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
Kanal Image
Kanal
Abuzer Dayı
Istanbul Beneath My Wings Image
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Topal Recep Paşa
Kalabaliken i Bender Image
Kalabaliken i Bender
Silahların Kanunu Image
Silahların Kanunu
Die Hallo-Sisters Image
Die Hallo-Sisters
Samy
O da Beni Seviyor Image
O da Beni Seviyor
Masalcı
The Smile of the Lamb Image
The Smile of the Lamb
Hilmi
Black and White Image
Black and White
The Guardian Angel Image
The Guardian Angel
Ivar
Krallar Kralı Image
Krallar Kralı
Yiğit Yaralı Olur Image
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Tales of Intransigence Image
Tales of Intransigence
Hoşçakal Yarın Image
Hoşçakal Yarın
Ali Elverdi
Kuduz Recep Image
Kuduz Recep
Hamza
Işıklar Sönmesin Image
Işıklar Sönmesin
Horse, Woman and Gun Image
Horse, Woman and Gun
Bullets Won't Touch Me Image
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Cengiz
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma Image
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
The Frozen Leopard Image
The Frozen Leopard
Bir Aşk Uğruna Image
Bir Aşk Uğruna
The Last Birds Image
The Last Birds
Turgut
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim Image
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Sawdust Tales Image
Sawdust Tales
Fisherman
Time of Vengeance Image
Time of Vengeance
grand-father
The Ugly King Image
The Ugly King
Krallar Ölmez Image
Krallar Ölmez
Komiser
The Road That Has No End Image
The Road That Has No End
Köylü
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım Image
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Hüseyin
Hasan the Rose Image
Hasan the Rose
Hakan / The film director
No Image
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Uncle Ismet
Ağrı'ya Dönüş Image
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
The Waterfall Image
The Waterfall
Kel Selim
Kanli Mezar Image
Kanli Mezar
On a Narrow Bridge Image
On a Narrow Bridge
I Live When I Die Image
I Live When I Die
Cemal
No Image
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Çökertme Image
Çökertme
The Bus Image
The Bus
Sokakta Kan Vardı Image
Sokakta Kan Vardı
In Foreign Soil Image
In Foreign Soil
Self
No Image
Gräfin Sophia Hatun