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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Magnificent Century (2011) — Ebu Suud Efendi
2. The Edge of Heaven (2007) — Ali Aksu
3. Scene of the Crime (1970) — Der Kleine
4. Ezel (2009) — Ramiz Karaeski
5. Somersault in a Coffin (1996) — Reis
6. Hope (1970) — Hasan
7. Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb (2008) — Said
8. The Herd (1978) — Hamo Ağa
9. Istanbul Beneath My Wings (1996) — Topal Recep Paşa
10. The Bus (1974)
11. Law of the Border (1966) — Bekir
12. The Wall (1983) — Tonton Ali
13. Code Name Coq Rouge (1989) — Al-Houl
14. Happy Family Journal (2013) — Yıldırım Taşyumruk
15. The Mahabharata (1990) — Shakuni
16. Pains of Autumn (2009) — Kamil Efendi
17. Asi (2007) — Cemal Ağa
18. On Fertile Lands (1980) — Zeynel
19. Journey on a Clock Hand (1997) — Agah
20. Black and White (2010)
21. On the Tiger's Back (2002) — Fatih
22. The Waterfall (2001) — Kel Selim
23. The Guardian Angel (1990) — Ivar
24. Kalabaliken i Bender (1983)
25. Kanal (1979) — Abuzer Dayı
26. The Legend of the Ugly King (2017) — Self (archive footage)
27. Sawdust Tales (1997) — Fisherman
28. The Last Birds (1965) — Turgut
29. Hoşçakal Yarın (1998) — Ali Elverdi
30. The Smile of the Lamb (1986) — Hilmi
31. Alacakaranlık (2003)
32. The Road That Has No End (1965) — Köylü
33. Tales of Intransigence (2004)
34. Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan (1998) — Uncle Ismet
35. Love is Colder Than Death (1995) — Dursun
36. Işıklar Sönmesin (1996)
37. O da Beni Seviyor (2001) — Masalcı
38. On a Narrow Bridge (1985)
39. Hasan the Rose (1980) — Hakan / The film director
40. Krallar Kralı (1965)

Directed

1. Hasan the Rose (1980) — Director
2. Guestworker's Road (1978) — Director