- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 1, 1936
- Place of Birth
- Bilecik, Turkey
- Died
- September 27, 2013
Tuncel Kurtiz
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 …
Filmography
movieAll Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025 · Self
movieThe Legend of the Ugly King
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieHappy Family Journal
2013 · Yıldırım Taşyumruk
movieMy boy, look at the stars
2012 · Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
tvThe Magnificent Century
2011 · Ebu Suud Efendi
movieThe Lost Gift
2010
movieBlack and White
2010
moviePains of Autumn
2009 · Kamil Efendi
tvEzel
2009 · Ramiz Karaeski
movieJack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008 · Said
tvAsi
2007 · Cemal Ağa
movieThe Edge of Heaven
2007 · Ali Aksu
Hacı
tvHacı
2006
movieTales of Intransigence
2004
tvAlacakaranlık
2003
movieOn the Tiger's Back
2002 · Fatih
movieThe Waterfall
2001 · Kel Selim
movieO da Beni Seviyor
2001 · Masalcı
movieIn Foreign Soil
2001 · Self
movieHoşçakal Yarın
1998 · Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
movieVive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998 · Uncle Ismet
movieÇok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
movieÇökertme
1997
movieJourney on a Clock Hand
1997 · Agah
movieSawdust Tales
1997 · Fisherman
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
movieGräfin Sophia Hatun
1997
movieIşıklar Sönmesin
1996
movieSomersault in a Coffin
1996 · Reis
movieIstanbul Beneath My Wings
1996 · Topal Recep Paşa
movieLove is Colder Than Death
1995 · Dursun
tvGölgedekiler
1994
movieAğrı'ya Dönüş
1994
movieBir Aşk Uğruna
1994
movieDark Shadows of Fear
1993 · Mohammed
Dødelig kjemi
tvDødelig kjemi
1992 · Ahmed Jhani
tvKvällspressen
1992 · Abdel
Amforans gåta
tvAmforans gåta
1991 · Papa
movieDie Hallo-Sisters
1990 · Samy
movieThe Guardian Angel
1990 · Ivar
tvThe Mahabharata
1990 · Shakuni
movieThe Mahabharata
1990 · Shakuni
movieTime of Vengeance
1990 · grand-father
movieCode Name Coq Rouge
1989 · Al-Houl
movieThe Smile of the Lamb
1986 · Hilmi
movieThe Frozen Leopard
1986
movieOn a Narrow Bridge
1985
movieKalabaliken i Bender
1983
movieThe Wall
1983 · Tonton Ali
movieHasan the Rose
1980 · Hakan / The film director, Director, Writer
movieOn Fertile Lands
1980 · Zeynel, Writer
movieKanal
1979 · Abuzer Dayı
movieThe Herd
1978 · Hamo Ağa
movieGuestworker's Road
1978 · Director
movieThe Bus
1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
movieFrau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
tvScene of the Crime
1970 · Der Kleine
movieHope
1970 · Hasan
movieBullets Won't Touch Me
1967 · Cengiz
movieKrallar Ölmez
1967 · Komiser
movieKuduz Recep
1967 · Hamza
movieLaw of the Border
1966 · Bekir
movieThe Ugly King
1966
movieHorse, Woman and Gun
1966
movieYiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
movieSilahların Kanunu
1966
movieKanli Mezar
1966
Zehirli Kucak
movieZehirli Kucak
1966
movieKrallar Kralı
1965
movieBir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
movieThe Road That Has No End
1965 · Köylü
movieI Live When I Die
1965
movieThe Last Birds
1965 · Turgut
movieSokakta Kan Vardı
1965
movieÜçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965 · Hüseyin
movieKonyakçı
1965
movieKanlı Meydan
1965
movieSokaklar Yanıyor
1965 · Orhan
movieTürkiye'nin 68'i
— · Self