Tuncel Kurtiz
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Scene of the Crime
Der Kleine
1970
Series
The Magnificent Century
Ebu Suud Efendi
2011
Series
Ezel
Ramiz Karaeski
2009
Series
Asi
Cemal Ağa
2007
Hacı
2006
Series
The Mahabharata
Shakuni
1990
Series
Alacakaranlık
2003
Film
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Said
2008
Dødelig kjemi
Ahmed Jhani
1992
Film
The Edge of Heaven
Ali Aksu
2007
Amforans gåta
Papa
1991
Series
Kvällspressen
Abdel
1992
Baba
1994
Film
Somersault in a Coffin
Reis
1996
Film
Hope
Hasan
1970
Film
Law of the Border
Bekir
1966
Film
The Mahabharata
Shakuni
1990
Film
The Bus
1974
Film
The Legend of the Ugly King
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Last Birds
Turgut
1965
Film
Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
Film
On the Tiger's Back
Fatih
2002
Film
Dark Shadows of Fear
Mohammed
1993
Film
Kuduz Recep
Hamza
1967
Film
Journey on a Clock Hand
Agah
1997
Film
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Self
2025
Film
Sokaklar Yanıyor
Orhan
1965
Zehirli Kucak
1966
Film
Kanal
Abuzer Dayı
1979
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Uncle Ismet
1998
Film
The Wall
Tonton Ali
1983
Film
Kanlı Meydan
1965
Film
The Lost Gift
2010
Film
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Topal Recep Paşa
1996
Film
O da Beni Seviyor
Masalcı
2001
Film
Tales of Intransigence
2004
Film
Code Name Coq Rouge
Al-Houl
1989
Film
The Guardian Angel
Ivar
1990
Film
Krallar Kralı
1965
Film
The Smile of the Lamb
Hilmi
1986
Film
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
Film
Pains of Autumn
Kamil Efendi
2009
Film
Silahların Kanunu
1966
Film
Sawdust Tales
Fisherman
1997
Series
Gölgedekiler
1994
Film
Love is Colder Than Death
Dursun
1995
Film
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Hüseyin
1965
Film
The Frozen Leopard
1986
Film
Time of Vengeance
grand-father
1990
Film
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
Film
Krallar Ölmez
Komiser
1967
Film
Happy Family Journal
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
2013
Film
Die Hallo-Sisters
Samy
1990
Film
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
Film
The Waterfall
Kel Selim
2001
Film
My boy, look at the stars
Self (voice)
2012
Film
The Herd
Hamo Ağa
1978
Film
The Ugly King
1966
Film
On Fertile Lands
Zeynel
1980
Film
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1996
Film
I Live When I Die
1965
Film
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
Film
The Road That Has No End
Köylü
1965
Film
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
Film
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
Film
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
Film
Hasan the Rose
Hakan / The film director
1980
Film
Çökertme
1997
Film
Hoşçakal Yarın
Ali Elverdi
1998
Film
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Cengiz
1967
Film
Black and White
2010
Film
Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
Film
In Foreign Soil
Self
2001
Film
Türkiye'nin 68'i
Self
Film
Konyakçı
1965
Film
Kanli Mezar
1966