Acting
Tuncel Kurtiz
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
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Film · 2025
The Legend of the Ugly King
Film · 2017
Happy Family Journal
Film · 2013
My boy, look at the stars
Film · 2012
The Magnificent Century
Series · 2011
Black and White
Film · 2010
The Lost Gift
Film · 2010
Pains of Autumn
Film · 2009
Ezel
Series · 2009
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Film · 2008
The Edge of Heaven
Film · 2007
Asi
Series · 2007
Hacı
Series · 2006
Tales of Intransigence
Film · 2004
Alacakaranlık
Series · 2003
On the Tiger's Back
Film · 2002
O da Beni Seviyor
Film · 2001
The Waterfall
Film · 2001
In Foreign Soil
Film · 2001
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Film · 1998
Hoşçakal Yarın
Film · 1998
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Film · 1998
Çökertme
Film · 1997
Sawdust Tales
Film · 1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
Film · 1997
Somersault in a Coffin
Film · 1996
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Film · 1996
Işıklar Sönmesin
Film · 1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Film · 1996
Love is Colder Than Death
Film · 1995
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Film · 1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Film · 1994
Baba
Film · 1994
Gölgedekiler
Series · 1994
Dark Shadows of Fear
Film · 1993
Kvällspressen
Series · 1992
Dødelig kjemi
Series · 1992
Amforans gåta
Series · 1991
The Mahabharata
Film · 1990
Die Hallo-Sisters
Film · 1990
Time of Vengeance
Film · 1990
The Guardian Angel
Film · 1990
The Mahabharata
Series · 1990
Code Name Coq Rouge
Film · 1989
The Smile of the Lamb
Film · 1986
The Frozen Leopard
Film · 1986
On a Narrow Bridge
Film · 1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
Film · 1983
The Wall
Film · 1983
On Fertile Lands
Film · 1980
Hasan the Rose
Film · 1980
Kanal
Film · 1979
The Herd
Film · 1978
The Bus
Film · 1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Film · 1973
Hope
Film · 1970
Scene of the Crime
Series · 1970
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Film · 1967
Krallar Ölmez
Film · 1967
Kuduz Recep
Film · 1967
Silahların Kanunu
Film · 1966
The Ugly King
Film · 1966
Kanli Mezar
Film · 1966
Law of the Border
Film · 1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
Film · 1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Film · 1966
Zehirli Kucak
Film · 1966
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Film · 1965
The Road That Has No End
Film · 1965
I Live When I Die
Film · 1965
The Last Birds
Film · 1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Film · 1965
Krallar Kralı
Film · 1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Film · 1965
Konyakçı
Film · 1965
Kanlı Meydan
Film · 1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
Film · 1965
Türkiye'nin 68'i
Film