
Tuncel Kurtiz
Acting
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.

All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Self

The Legend of the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)

Happy Family Journal
Yıldırım Taşyumruk

My boy, look at the stars
Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems

Black and White

Pains of Autumn
Kamil Efendi

Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Said

The Edge of Heaven
Ali Aksu

Tales of Intransigence

On the Tiger's Back
Fatih

The Waterfall
Kel Selim

O da Beni Seviyor
Masalcı

In Foreign Soil
Self

Hoşçakal Yarın
Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Uncle Ismet

Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma

Çökertme

Journey on a Clock Hand
Agah

Sawdust Tales
Fisherman
Gräfin Sophia Hatun

Işıklar Sönmesin

Somersault in a Coffin
Reis

Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Topal Recep Paşa

Love is Colder Than Death
Dursun

Bir Aşk Uğruna

Ağrı'ya Dönüş

Dark Shadows of Fear
Mohammed

Die Hallo-Sisters
Samy

The Guardian Angel
Ivar

The Mahabharata
Shakuni

Time of Vengeance
grand-father

Code Name Coq Rouge
Al-Houl

The Smile of the Lamb
Hilmi

The Frozen Leopard

On a Narrow Bridge

Kalabaliken i Bender

The Wall
Tonton Ali

Hasan the Rose
Hakan / The film director

On Fertile Lands
Zeynel

Kanal
Abuzer Dayı

The Herd
Hamo Ağa

The Bus
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße

Hope
Hasan

Bullets Won't Touch Me
Cengiz

Kuduz Recep
Hamza

Krallar Ölmez
Komiser

Law of the Border
Bekir

The Ugly King

Yiğit Yaralı Olur

Horse, Woman and Gun
Zehirli Kucak

Kanli Mezar

Silahların Kanunu

Sokaklar Yanıyor
Orhan

Kanlı Meydan

Konyakçı

Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Hüseyin

Krallar Kralı

Sokakta Kan Vardı

The Last Birds
Turgut

I Live When I Die

The Road That Has No End
Köylü

Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim







