Tuncel Kurtiz
Known for: Acting
Born: February 1, 1936
Died: September 27, 2013
Place of birth: Bilecik, Turkey
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.
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Filmography
68 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
5.5
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
7.0
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
6.1
Happy Family Journal
2013
8.0
My boy, look at the stars
2012
8.1
The Magnificent Century
2011
NR
The Lost Gift
2010
5.6
Black and White
2010
5.2
Pains of Autumn
2009
8.4
Ezel
2009
6.2
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
7.1
Asi
2007
7.2
The Edge of Heaven
2007NR
Hacı
2006
6.4
Tales of Intransigence
2004
7.6
Alacakaranlık
2003
5.7
On the Tiger's Back
2002
4.6
The Waterfall
2001
8.0
O da Beni Seviyor
2001
NR
In Foreign Soil
2001
7.7
Hoşçakal Yarın
19985.8
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998
NR
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
9.0
Çökertme
1997
5.8
Journey on a Clock Hand
1997
5.6
Sawdust Tales
1997
6.0
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
7.4
Somersault in a Coffin
1996
6.7
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
19969.0
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1996
6.0
Love is Colder Than Death
1995
NR
Gölgedekiler
1994
10.0
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
9.0
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994NR
Baba
1994
10.0
Dark Shadows of Fear
199310.0
Dødelig kjemi
1992
7.5
Kvällspressen
19929.0
Amforans gåta
1991
9.0
Die Hallo-Sisters
1990
5.4
The Guardian Angel
1990
6.0
The Mahabharata
1990
7.1
The Mahabharata
1990
7.0
Time of Vengeance
1990
6.3
Code Name Coq Rouge
1989
5.3
The Smile of the Lamb
1986
8.0
The Frozen Leopard
1986
6.5
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
3.2
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
7.2
The Wall
1983
8.0
Hasan the Rose
1980
6.8
On Fertile Lands
1980
6.4
Kanal
1979
7.5
The Herd
1978
NR
Guestworker's Road
1978
6.6
The Bus
1974NR
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
6.2
Scene of the Crime
1970
7.4
Hope
1970
8.0
Bullets Won't Touch Me
1967
8.0
Krallar Ölmez
1967
9.0
Kuduz Recep
1967
6.2
Law of the Border
1966
8.0
The Ugly King
1966
10.0
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
7.0
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
9.0
Silahların Kanunu
1966
9.0
Kanli Mezar
19667.0
Zehirli Kucak
1966
6.0
Krallar Kralı
1965
9.0
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
5.7
The Road That Has No End
1965
10.0
I Live When I Die
1965
6.3
The Last Birds
1965
7.0
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
8.0
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965
9.0
Konyakçı
1965
8.0
Kanlı Meydan
1965
7.0
Sokaklar Yanıyor
1965
NR
Türkiye'nin 68'i
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