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.
Acted in
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Mutlu Aile Defteri
2013
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
2012
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
Magnificent Century
2011
as Ebu Suud Efendi
Black and White
2010
Pains of Autumn
2009
as Kamil Efendi
Ezel
2009
as Ramiz Karaeski
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
as Said
Asi
2007
as Cemal Ağa
The Edge of Heaven
2007
as Ali Aksu
Hacı
2006
Tales of Intransigence
2004
Alacakaranlık
2003
A cavallo della tigre
2002
as Fatih
The Waterfall
2001
as Kel Selim
O da Beni Seviyor
2001
as Masalcı
In Foreign Soil
2001
as Self
Hoşçakal Yarın
1998
as Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998
as Uncle Ismet
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
Çökertme
1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997
as Agah
Sawdust Tales
1997
as Fisherman
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1997
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
Somersault in a Coffin
1996
as Reis
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
as Topal Recep Paşa
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
Love is Colder Than Death
1994
Amforans gåta
1991
as Papa
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990
as Samy
The Guardian Angel
1990
as Ivar
The Mahabharata
1990
as Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
1990
as grand-father
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989
as Al-Houl
The Smile of the Lamb
1986
as Hilmi
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
The Wall
1983
as Tonton Ali
Hasan the Rose
1980
as The film director
On Fertile Lands
1980
as Zeynel
Kanal
1979
as Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
1979
as Hamo Ağa
The Bus
1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
Scene of the Crime
1970
as Der Kleine
Hope
1970
as Hasan
Bana Kurşun İşlemez
1967
as Cengiz
Krallar Ölmez
1967
as Komiser
Kuduz Recep
1967
as Hamza
Law of the Border
1966
as Bekir
The Ugly King
1966
At Avrat Silah
1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
Silahların Kanunu
1966
Kanli Mezar
1966
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
The Road That Has No End
1965
as Köylü
I Live When I Die
1965
as Cemal
The Last Birds
1965
as Turgut
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Krallar Kralı
1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965
as Hüseyin