
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
