Tuncel Kurtiz
63 movies · 11 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 1, 1936
- Died
- Sep 27, 2013 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Bilecik, Turkey
- Also known as
- Tuncel Curtiz
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.
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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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Tuncel Kurtiz: movies and TV shows
Acting (73)
- 2013 Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
- 2011
- 2010
- 2010
- 2009 Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
- 2009
- 2008
- 2007
- 2007 The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
- 2006
- 2004
- 2003
- 2002 On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
- 2001 The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
- 2001 O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
- 1998 Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
- 1998 Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
- 1998
- 1997
- 1997 Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
- 1997 Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
- 1996
- 1996 Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
- 1996 Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
- 1996
- 1995 Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1994
- 1993 Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
- 1992
- 1992
- 1991
- 1990 Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
- 1990 The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
- 1990
- 1990 The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
- 1990 Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
- 1989 Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
- 1986 The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
- 1986
- 1985
- 1983
- 1983 The Wall
as Tonton Ali
- 1980 Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
- 1980 On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
- 1979 Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
- 1978 The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
- 1974
- 1973
- 1970
- 1970 Hope
as Hasan
- 1967 Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
- 1967 Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
- 1967 Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
- 1966 Law of the Border
as Bekir
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
- 1965
- 1965 The Last Birds
as Turgut
- 1965
- 1965 Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
- 1965
- 1965
- 1965 Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
Behind the camera (3)
- 1980 Hasan the Rose
Director, Writer
- 1980 On Fertile Lands
Writer
- 1978 Guestworker's Road
Director
Talk shows and appearances (5)
- Upcoming
- 2025
- 2017
- 2012
- 2001