Tuncel Kurtiz
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-02-01
Day of Death
2013-09-27 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Bilecik, Turkey
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
Acting
(2025)
(2017)
The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
(2012)
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
(2010)
(2009)
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
(2008)
(2007)
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
(2004)
(2002)
A cavallo della tigre
as Fatih
(2001)
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
(2001)
In Foreign Soil
as Self
(2001)
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
(1998)
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
(1998)
(1998)
Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
(1997)
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
(1997)
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
(1996)
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
(1996)
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
(1994)
(1994)
(1994)
(1990)
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
(1990)
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
(1990)
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
(1990)
Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
(1989)
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
(1986)
(1986)
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
(1985)
(1983)
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
(1983)
(1980)
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
(1980)
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
(1979)
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
(1979)
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
(1974)
(1973)
(1970)
Hope
as Hasan
(1967)
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
(1967)
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
(1967)
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
(1966)
Law of the Border
as Bekir
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
(1965)
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
(1965)
I Live When I Die
as Cemal
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
(1965)
The Last Birds
as Turgut
(1965)
Crew
(1980)
On Fertile Lands
Writer
(1980)
Hasan the Rose
Director, Writer
(1978)
Guestworker's Road
Director