Tuncel Kurtiz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

72

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-01

Day of death

2013-09-27 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Bilecik, Turkey

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

  • Scene of the Crime

    Scene of the Crime

  • Magnificent Century

    Magnificent Century

  • Ezel

    Ezel

  • The Last Birds

    The Last Birds

  • Çökertme

    Çökertme

  • Law of the Border

    Law of the Border

  • Konyakçı

    Konyakçı

  • Hoşçakal Yarın

    Hoşçakal Yarın

  • Kanlı Meydan

    Kanlı Meydan

  • Krallar Ölmez

    Krallar Ölmez

  • Kanli Mezar

    Kanli Mezar

  • Zehirli Kucak

    Zehirli Kucak

  • The Road That Has No End

    The Road That Has No End

  • The Herd

    The Herd

  • Hasan the Rose

    Hasan the Rose

  • Asi

    Asi

  • Hope

    Hope

  • The Guardian Angel

    The Guardian Angel

  • Sokaklar Yanıyor

    Sokaklar Yanıyor

  • Kuduz Recep

    Kuduz Recep

  • Black and White

    Black and White

  • The Edge of Heaven

    The Edge of Heaven

  • Silahların Kanunu

    Silahların Kanunu

  • Işıklar Sönmesin

    Işıklar Sönmesin

  • Alacakaranlık

    Alacakaranlık

  • Krallar Kralı

    Krallar Kralı

  • Yiğit Yaralı Olur

    Yiğit Yaralı Olur

  • Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

    Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

  • Love is Colder Than Death

    Love is Colder Than Death

  • Sawdust Tales

    Sawdust Tales

  • O da Beni Seviyor

    O da Beni Seviyor

  • On a Narrow Bridge

    On a Narrow Bridge

  • Bullets Won't Touch Me

    Bullets Won't Touch Me

  • Code Name Coq Rouge

    Code Name Coq Rouge

  • Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

    Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

  • The Bus

    The Bus

  • Istanbul Beneath My Wings

    Istanbul Beneath My Wings

  • My boy, look at the stars

    My boy, look at the stars

  • The Smile of the Lamb

    The Smile of the Lamb

  • The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

  • Kvällspressen

    Kvällspressen

  • Üçünüzü de mıhlarım

    Üçünüzü de mıhlarım

  • All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

    All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

  • Hacı

    Hacı

  • Pains of Autumn

    Pains of Autumn

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

    Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

  • Sokakta Kan Vardı

    Sokakta Kan Vardı

  • Kanal

    Kanal

  • Kalabaliken i Bender

    Kalabaliken i Bender

  • Gräfin Sophia Hatun

    Gräfin Sophia Hatun

  • Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

    Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

  • The Wall

    The Wall

  • On the Tiger's Back

    On the Tiger's Back

  • Bir Aşk Uğruna

    Bir Aşk Uğruna

  • On Fertile Lands

    On Fertile Lands

  • Somersault in a Coffin

    Somersault in a Coffin

  • Horse, Woman and Gun

    Horse, Woman and Gun

  • Amforans gåta

    Amforans gåta

  • Journey on a Clock Hand

    Journey on a Clock Hand

  • The Waterfall

    The Waterfall

  • Happy Family Journal

    Happy Family Journal

  • I Live When I Die

    I Live When I Die

  • The Frozen Leopard

    The Frozen Leopard

  • The Ugly King

    The Ugly King

  • Ağrı'ya Dönüş

    Ağrı'ya Dönüş

  • Die Hallo-Sisters

    Die Hallo-Sisters

  • Time of Vengeance

    Time of Vengeance

  • In Foreign Soil

    In Foreign Soil

  • Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

    Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

  • Tales of Intransigence

    Tales of Intransigence