Tuncel Kurtiz
Acting
1936-02-01 · Bilecik, Turkey
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.
Filmography
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025 · Movie
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017 · Movie
Happy Family Journal
2013 · Movie
My boy, look at the stars
2012 · Movie
The Magnificent Century
2011 · Series
The Lost Gift
2010 · Movie
Black and White
2010 · Movie
Pains of Autumn
2009 · Movie
Ezel
2009 · Series
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008 · Movie
Asi
2007 · Series
The Edge of Heaven
2007 · Movie
Hacı
2006 · Series
Tales of Intransigence
2004 · Movie
Alacakaranlık
2003 · Series
On the Tiger's Back
2002 · Movie
The Waterfall
2001 · Movie
O da Beni Seviyor
2001 · Movie
In Foreign Soil
2001 · Movie
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998 · Movie
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998 · Movie
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998 · Movie
Çökertme
1997 · Movie
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997 · Movie
Sawdust Tales
1997 · Movie
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996 · Movie
Somersault in a Coffin
1996 · Movie
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Movie
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1996 · Movie
Love is Colder Than Death
1995 · Movie
Gölgedekiler
1994 · Series
Baba
1994 · Movie
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994 · Movie
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994 · Movie
Dark Shadows of Fear
1993 · Movie
Dødelig kjemi
1992 · Series
Kvällspressen
1992 · Series
Amforans gåta
1991 · Series
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990 · Movie
The Guardian Angel
1990 · Movie
The Mahabharata
1990 · Series
The Mahabharata
1990 · Movie
Time of Vengeance
1990 · Movie
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989 · Movie
The Smile of the Lamb
1986 · Movie
The Frozen Leopard
1986 · Movie
On a Narrow Bridge
1985 · Movie
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983 · Movie
The Wall
1983 · Movie
Hasan the Rose
1980 · Movie
On Fertile Lands
1980 · Movie
Kanal
1979 · Movie
The Herd
1978 · Movie
Guestworker's Road
1978 · Movie
The Bus
1974 · Movie
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973 · Movie
Scene of the Crime
1970 · Series
Hope
1970 · Movie
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967 · Movie
Krallar Ölmez
1967 · Movie
Kuduz Recep
1967 · Movie
Law of the Border
1966 · Movie
The Ugly King
1966 · Movie
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966 · Movie
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966 · Movie
Silahların Kanunu
1966 · Movie
Zehirli Kucak
1966 · Movie
Kanli Mezar
1966 · Movie
Krallar Kralı
1965 · Movie
The Last Birds
1965 · Movie
Kanlı Meydan
1965 · Movie
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965 · Movie
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965 · Movie
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965 · Movie
The Road That Has No End
1965 · Movie
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965 · Movie
I Live When I Die
1965 · Movie
Konyakçı
1965 · Movie
Türkiye'nin 68'i
Movie