Tuncel Kurtiz
Acting
- Born:
- 1936-02-01
- Died:
- 2013-09-27
- Place of birth:
- Bilecik, Turkey
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
Filmography
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
The Legend of the Ugly King
Happy Family Journal
My boy, look at the stars
The Magnificent Century
The Lost Gift
Black and White
Pains of Autumn
Ezel
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Asi
The Edge of Heaven
Hacı
Tales of Intransigence
Alacakaranlık
On the Tiger's Back
The Waterfall
O da Beni Seviyor
In Foreign Soil
Hoşçakal Yarın
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Çökertme
Journey on a Clock Hand
Sawdust Tales
Işıklar Sönmesin
Somersault in a Coffin
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Love is Colder Than Death
Gölgedekiler
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Baba
Dark Shadows of Fear
Dødelig kjemi
Kvällspressen
Amforans gåta
Die Hallo-Sisters
The Guardian Angel
The Mahabharata
The Mahabharata
Time of Vengeance
Code Name Coq Rouge
The Smile of the Lamb
The Frozen Leopard
On a Narrow Bridge
Kalabaliken i Bender
The Wall
Hasan the Rose
On Fertile Lands
Kanal
The Herd
The Bus
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Scene of the Crime
Hope
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Krallar Ölmez
Kuduz Recep
Law of the Border
The Ugly King
Horse, Woman and Gun
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Silahların Kanunu
Kanli Mezar
Zehirli Kucak
Krallar Kralı
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
The Road That Has No End
I Live When I Die
The Last Birds
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Konyakçı
Kanlı Meydan
Sokaklar Yanıyor
Türkiye'nin 68'i