Tuncel Kurtiz
Born: 1936-02-01 in Bilecik, Turkey
Died: 2013-09-27
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2017
- The Legend of the Ugly King as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Happy Family Journal as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
2012
- My boy, look at the stars as Self (voice)
2011
- The Magnificent Century as Ebu Suud Efendi
2009
- Ezel as Ramiz Karaeski
- Pains of Autumn as Kamil Efendi
2008
2007
- Asi as Cemal Ağa
- The Edge of Heaven as Ali Aksu
2006
2003
2002
- On the Tiger's Back as Fatih
2001
- O da Beni Seviyor as Masalcı
- The Waterfall as Kel Selim
- In Foreign Soil as Self
1998
- Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan as Uncle Ismet
- Hoşçakal Yarın as Ali Elverdi
- Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1997
- Journey on a Clock Hand as Agah
- Sawdust Tales as Fisherman
- Çökertme
1996
- Somersault in a Coffin as Reis
- Işıklar Sönmesin
- Istanbul Beneath My Wings as Topal Recep Paşa
- Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1995
- Love is Colder Than Death as Dursun
1993
- Dark Shadows of Fear as Mohammed
1992
- Dødelig kjemi as Ahmed Jhani
- Kvällspressen as Abdel
1991
- Amforans gåta as Papa
1990
- The Mahabharata as Shakuni
- The Mahabharata as Shakuni
- The Guardian Angel as Ivar
- Time of Vengeance as grand-father
- Die Hallo-Sisters as Samy
1989
- Code Name Coq Rouge as Al-Houl
1986
- The Smile of the Lamb as Hilmi
- The Frozen Leopard
1985
1983
- The Wall as Tonton Ali
- Kalabaliken i Bender
1980
- On Fertile Lands as Zeynel
- Hasan the Rose as Hakan / The film director
1979
- Kanal as Abuzer Dayı
1978
- The Herd as Hamo Ağa
- Guestworker's Road ... (Director)
1974
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Der Kleine
- Hope as Hasan
1967
- Kuduz Recep as Hamza
- Krallar Ölmez as Komiser
- Bullets Won't Touch Me as Cengiz
1966
1965
- The Last Birds as Turgut
- Sokaklar Yanıyor as Orhan
- Kanlı Meydan
- Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
- Krallar Kralı
- Üçünüzü de mıhlarım as Hüseyin
- The Road That Has No End as Köylü
- Sokakta Kan Vardı
- I Live When I Die
- Konyakçı