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