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.
Acting
TV
The Magnificent Century
as Ebu Suud Efendi
2011
Movie
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
2007
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Der Kleine
1970
TV
Ezel
as Ramiz Karaeski
2009
Movie
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
1996
Movie
Hope
as Hasan
1970
Movie
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
2008
Movie
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
1978
Movie
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
1996
Movie
The Bus
1974
Movie
Law of the Border
as Bekir
1966
Movie
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
1983
Movie
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
1989
Movie
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
2013
Movie
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
1990
Movie
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
2009
TV
Asi
as Cemal Ağa
2007
Movie
On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
1980
Movie
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
1997
Movie
Black and White
2010
Movie
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
2002
Movie
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
2001
Movie
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
1990
Movie
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
