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.
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
Black and White
Bir Aşk Uğruna
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
Law of the Border
as Bekir
Konyakçı
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
The Last Birds
as Turgut
On a Narrow Bridge
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
Hope
as Hasan
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
The Frozen Leopard
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
Kalabaliken i Bender
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
The Bus
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
Krallar Kralı
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
Horse, Woman and Gun
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
Silahların Kanunu
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
In Foreign Soil
as Self
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
Kanli Mezar
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Kanlı Meydan
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Zehirli Kucak
The Ugly King
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
Işıklar Sönmesin
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
Çökertme
The Lost Gift
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self
I Live When I Die
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
