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 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.
Filmography
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
The Lost Gift
The Lost Gift
Black and White
Black and White
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
Tales of Intransigence
Tales of Intransigence
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
In Foreign Soil
as Self
In Foreign Soil
as Self
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Çökertme
Çökertme
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Işıklar Sönmesin
Işıklar Sönmesin
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
Baba
Baba
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
Dark Shadows of Fear
as Mohammed
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
The Frozen Leopard
The Frozen Leopard
Kalabaliken i Bender
Kalabaliken i Bender
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Law of the Border
as Bekir
Law of the Border
as Bekir
The Ugly King
The Ugly King
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Krallar Kralı
Krallar Kralı
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
I Live When I Die
I Live When I Die
The Last Birds
as Turgut
The Last Birds
as Turgut
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
Konyakçı
Konyakçı
Kanlı Meydan
Kanlı Meydan
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self
Türkiye'nin 68'i
as Self