Tuncel Kurtiz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

69

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

  • Asi

    Asi

  • Hoşçakal Yarın

    Hoşçakal Yarın

  • O da Beni Seviyor

    O da Beni Seviyor

  • The Edge of Heaven

    The Edge of Heaven

  • The Herd

    The Herd

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

    Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

  • Çökertme

    Çökertme

  • Bullets Won't Touch Me

    Bullets Won't Touch Me

  • On a Narrow Bridge

    On a Narrow Bridge

  • Sawdust Tales

    Sawdust Tales

  • Hasan the Rose

    Hasan the Rose

  • Alacakaranlık

    Alacakaranlık

  • Kanli Mezar

    Kanli Mezar

  • Konyakçı

    Konyakçı

  • My boy, look at the stars

    My boy, look at the stars

  • Silahların Kanunu

    Silahların Kanunu

  • Black and White

    Black and White

  • Yiğit Yaralı Olur

    Yiğit Yaralı Olur

  • The Last Birds

    The Last Birds

  • Krallar Ölmez

    Krallar Ölmez

  • Law of the Border

    Law of the Border

  • Kvällspressen

    Kvällspressen

  • The Smile of the Lamb

    The Smile of the Lamb

  • Işıklar Sönmesin

    Işıklar Sönmesin

  • Code Name Coq Rouge

    Code Name Coq Rouge

  • Kuduz Recep

    Kuduz Recep

  • The Mahabharata

    The Mahabharata

  • Hacı

    Hacı

  • Istanbul Beneath My Wings

    Istanbul Beneath My Wings

  • Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

    Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

  • The Guardian Angel

    The Guardian Angel

  • A cavallo della tigre

    A cavallo della tigre

  • Love is Colder Than Death

    Love is Colder Than Death

  • The Road That Has No End

    The Road That Has No End

  • Bir Aşk Uğruna

    Bir Aşk Uğruna

  • Amforans gåta

    Amforans gåta

  • Gräfin Sophia Hatun

    Gräfin Sophia Hatun

  • Happy Family Journal

    Happy Family Journal

  • All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

    All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz

  • Journey on a Clock Hand

    Journey on a Clock Hand

  • Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

    Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim

  • Üçünüzü de mıhlarım

    Üçünüzü de mıhlarım

  • Ağrı'ya Dönüş

    Ağrı'ya Dönüş

  • Kalabaliken i Bender

    Kalabaliken i Bender

  • Kanal

    Kanal

  • The Bus

    The Bus

  • Somersault in a Coffin

    Somersault in a Coffin

  • Sokakta Kan Vardı

    Sokakta Kan Vardı

  • Pains of Autumn

    Pains of Autumn

  • Time of Vengeance

    Time of Vengeance

  • The Legend of the Ugly King

    The Legend of the Ugly King

  • Hope

    Hope

  • I Live When I Die

    I Live When I Die

  • Horse, Woman and Gun

    Horse, Woman and Gun

  • The Waterfall

    The Waterfall

  • On Fertile Lands

    On Fertile Lands

  • The Frozen Leopard

    The Frozen Leopard

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

    Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan

  • The Wall

    The Wall

  • Krallar Kralı

    Krallar Kralı

  • Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

    Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

  • The Ugly King

    The Ugly King

  • Die Hallo-Sisters

    Die Hallo-Sisters

  • Tales of Intransigence

    Tales of Intransigence

  • In Foreign Soil

    In Foreign Soil