Cast
Tuncel Kurtiz
Acting
Cast
Tuncel Kurtiz
Known for
Acting
Born
1936-02-01
From
Bilecik, Turkey
Died
2013-09-27
Also known as Tuncel Curtiz
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1996
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
★8.0
MOVIE1965
Kanlı Meydan
★6.0
MOVIE1996
Işıklar Sönmesin
★5.7
MOVIE1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
★9.0
MOVIE1967
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
★5.3
MOVIE1986
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
★6.3
MOVIE1965
The Last Birds
as Turgut
★7.4
MOVIE1970
Hope
as Hasan
★6.2
MOVIE2008
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
★7.2
MOVIE2007
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
★6.3
MOVIE1966
Law of the Border
as Bekir
★6.0
MOVIE1965
Krallar Kralı
★5.8
MOVIE1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
MOVIE2010
The Lost Gift
★6.6
MOVIE1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
★5.4
MOVIE1990
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
★7.2
MOVIE1983
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
★6.3
MOVIE1979
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
★6.6
MOVIE1974
The Bus
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
★10.0
MOVIE1994
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
★7.0
MOVIE2017
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
★6.3
MOVIE1989
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
★5.5
MOVIE2025
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
★6.4
MOVIE2004
Tales of Intransigence
★10.0
MOVIE1993
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
★6.1
MOVIE2013
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Zehirli Kucak
MOVIE1973
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
★8.0
MOVIE1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
★7.5
MOVIE1978
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
★5.7
MOVIE2002
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
★7.1
MOVIE1990
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
★7.0
MOVIE1990
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
★6.0
MOVIE1995
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
★8.0
MOVIE1986
The Frozen Leopard
★10.0
MOVIE1965
I Live When I Die
★7.0
MOVIE1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
★7.0
MOVIE1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
★5.2
MOVIE2009
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
★3.3
MOVIE1983
Kalabaliken i Bender
★6.5
MOVIE1985
On a Narrow Bridge
★8.0
MOVIE1967
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
★9.0
MOVIE1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
★9.0
MOVIE1965
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
★8.0
MOVIE2012
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
★5.6
MOVIE2010
Black and White
★9.0
MOVIE1966
Silahların Kanunu
★5.6
MOVIE1997
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
★5.7
MOVIE1965
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
★9.0
MOVIE1997
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
★9.0
MOVIE1990
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
★8.0
MOVIE1980
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
★7.7
MOVIE1998
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
★4.6
MOVIE2001
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
★9.0
MOVIE1997
Çökertme
★8.0
MOVIE1966
The Ugly King
★9.0
MOVIE1965
Konyakçı
★9.0
MOVIE1966
Kanli Mezar
★6.8
MOVIE1980
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
★8.0
MOVIE2001
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
MOVIETBA
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
MOVIE2001
In Foreign Soil
as Self
★8.0
MOVIE1967
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
MOVIE1998