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.
Known For
Ali Aksu
Auf der anderen Seite
Al-Houl
Täcknamn Coq Rouge
Çökertme
Said
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Self (archive footage)
Die Legende vom hässlichen König
Zeynel
Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde
Masalcı
O da Beni Seviyor
Fisherman
Usta Beni Öldürsene
Siyah Beyaz
Fatih
A cavallo della tigre
İnat Hikayeleri
Reis
Tabutta Rövaşata
Kalabaliken i Bender
Shakuni
The Mahabharata
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Cengiz
Bana Kurşun İşlemez
Kel Selim
Şellale
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Mutlu Aile Defteri
Kamil Efendi
Güz Sancısı
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Köylü
Bitmeyen Yol
Cemal
Ben Öldükçe Yaşarım
Gesher Tzar Me'od
Otobüs
Agah
Akrebin Yolculuğu
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Turgut
Son Kuşlar
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Abuzer Dayı
Kanal
Silahların Kanunu
Hasan
Umut
Uncle Ismet
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Self
In fremder Erde
Ali Elverdi
Hoşçakal Yarın
Çirkin Kral
Aşk Ölümden Soğuktur
Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
Delikanlım İyi Bak Yıldızlara
Kanli Mezar
Işıklar Sönmesin
Samy
Die Hallo-Sisters
Hamo Ağa
Sürü
Topal Recep Paşa
İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında
Bekir
Hudutların Kanunu
Hakan / The film director
Gül Hasan
Komiser
Krallar Ölmez
Hilmi
חיוך הגדי
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Tonton Ali
Duvar
At Avrat Silah
Hamza
Kuduz Recep
grand-father
Zeit der Rache
Ivar
Skyddsängeln
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Krallar Kralı
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Hüseyin
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Den frusna leoparden
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-01
Place of Birth
Bilecik, Turkey
Also Known As
Tuncel Curtiz