Acting
Tuncel Kurtiz
TR, DE, EN, IT cinema · 68 credits
Born
1 February 1936
Died
27 September 2013 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Bilecik, Turkey
Also known as Tuncel Curtiz
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
Filmography
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
as Self (voice)
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
Çökertme
Actor
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel, Writer
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director, Director, Writer
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
The Bus
Actor
Hope
as Hasan
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
Law of the Border
as Bekir
The Last Birds
as Turgut
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
Konyakçı
Actor
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan