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.
Movies (62)
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
Happy Family Journal
2013
My boy, look at the stars
2012
The Lost Gift
2010
Black and White
2010
Pains of Autumn
2009
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
The Edge of Heaven
2007
Tales of Intransigence
2004
On the Tiger's Back
2002
The Waterfall
2001
O da Beni Seviyor
2001
In Foreign Soil
2001
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
Çökertme
1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997
Sawdust Tales
1997
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
Somersault in a Coffin
1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
Love is Colder Than Death
1995
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
Dark Shadows of Fear
1993
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990
The Guardian Angel
1990
The Mahabharata
1990
Time of Vengeance
1990
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989
The Smile of the Lamb
1986
The Frozen Leopard
1986
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
The Wall
1983
Hasan the Rose
1980
On Fertile Lands
1980
Kanal
1979
The Herd
1978
The Bus
1974
Hope
1970
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967
Krallar Ölmez
1967
Kuduz Recep
1967
Law of the Border
1966
The Ugly King
1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
Silahların Kanunu
1966
Kanli Mezar
1966
Krallar Kralı
1965
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
The Road That Has No End
1965
I Live When I Die
1965
The Last Birds
1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965
Konyakçı
1965
Kanlı Meydan
1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965
