Tuncel Kurtiz

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1936-02-01

Deathday 2013-09-27 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Bilecik, Turkey

Also Known As Tuncel Curtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz

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.

Known For

Actor

2017
The Legend of the Ugly King

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Mutlu Aile Defteri

as Yıldırım Taşyumruk

2012
My boy, look at the stars

as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems

2011
Magnificent Century

as Ebu Suud Efendi

2009
Pains of Autumn

as Kamil Efendi

2009
Ezel

as Ramiz Karaeski

2007
The Edge of Heaven

as Ali Aksu

2007
Asi

as Cemal Ağa

2006
2001
The Waterfall

as Kel Selim

2001
O da Beni Seviyor

as Masalcı

2001
1998
Hoşçakal Yarın

as Ali Elverdi

1997
Sawdust Tales

as Fisherman

1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings

as Topal Recep Paşa

1991
1990
1990
1990
The Mahabharata

as Shakuni

1990
Time of Vengeance

as grand-father

1989
1983
The Wall

as Tonton Ali

1980
Hasan the Rose

as The film director

1980
1979
Kanal

as Abuzer Dayı

1979
The Herd

as Hamo Ağa

1970
Hope

as Hasan

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Der Kleine

1967
Krallar Ölmez

as Komiser

1967
Kuduz Recep

as Hamza

1966
1965
1965
The Last Birds

as Turgut

Writer

1980
1980
Hasan the Rose

as Writer

Director

1980
Hasan the Rose

as Director

1978
Guestworker's Road

as Director