Acting · Bilecik, Turkey · Born February 1, 1936
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.
MovieAll Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
as Self
MovieThe Legend of the Ugly King
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieHappy Family Journal
2013
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
MovieMy boy, look at the stars
2012
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
TVThe Magnificent Century
2011
as Ebu Suud Efendi
MovieThe Lost Gift
2010
MovieBlack and White
2010
MoviePains of Autumn
2009
as Kamil Efendi
TVEzel
2009
as Ramiz Karaeski
MovieJack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
as Said
TVAsi
2007
as Cemal Ağa
MovieThe Edge of Heaven
2007
as Ali Aksu
Hacı
2006
MovieTales of Intransigence
2004
TVAlacakaranlık
2003
MovieOn the Tiger's Back
2002
as Fatih
MovieThe Waterfall
2001
as Kel Selim
MovieO da Beni Seviyor
2001
as Masalcı
MovieIn Foreign Soil
2001
as Self
MovieHoşçakal Yarın
1998
as Ali Elverdi
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
1998
as Uncle Ismet
MovieÇok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
MovieÇökertme
1997
MovieJourney on a Clock Hand
1997
as Agah
MovieSawdust Tales
1997
as Fisherman
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1997
MovieIşıklar Sönmesin
1996
MovieSomersault in a Coffin
1996
as Reis
MovieIstanbul Beneath My Wings
1996
as Topal Recep Paşa
MovieLove is Colder Than Death
1995
as Dursun
TVGölgedekiler
1994
MovieAğrı'ya Dönüş
1994
MovieBir Aşk Uğruna
1994
MovieDark Shadows of Fear
1993
as Mohammed
Dødelig kjemi
1992
as Ahmed Jhani
TVKvällspressen
1992
as Abdel
Amforans gåta
1991
as Papa
MovieDie Hallo-Sisters
1990
as Samy
MovieThe Guardian Angel
1990
as Ivar
TVThe Mahabharata
1990
as Shakuni
MovieThe Mahabharata
1990
as Shakuni
MovieTime of Vengeance
1990
as grand-father
MovieCode Name Coq Rouge
1989
as Al-Houl
MovieThe Smile of the Lamb
1986
as Hilmi
MovieThe Frozen Leopard
1986
MovieOn a Narrow Bridge
1985
MovieKalabaliken i Bender
1983
MovieThe Wall
1983
as Tonton Ali
MovieHasan the Rose
1980
as Hakan / The film director
MovieOn Fertile Lands
1980
as Zeynel
MovieKanal
1979
as Abuzer Dayı
MovieThe Herd
1978
as Hamo Ağa
MovieThe Bus
1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
TVScene of the Crime
1970
as Der Kleine
MovieHope
1970
as Hasan
MovieBullets Won't Touch Me
1967
as Cengiz
MovieKrallar Ölmez
1967
as Komiser
MovieKuduz Recep
1967
as Hamza
MovieLaw of the Border
1966
as Bekir
MovieThe Ugly King
1966
MovieHorse, Woman and Gun
1966
MovieYiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
MovieSilahların Kanunu
1966
MovieKanli Mezar
1966
Zehirli Kucak
1966
MovieKrallar Kralı
1965
MovieBir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
MovieThe Road That Has No End
1965
as Köylü
MovieI Live When I Die
1965
MovieThe Last Birds
1965
as Turgut
MovieSokakta Kan Vardı
1965
MovieÜçünüzü de mıhlarım
1965
as Hüseyin
MovieKonyakçı
1965
MovieKanlı Meydan
1965
MovieSokaklar Yanıyor
1965
as Orhan
MovieTürkiye'nin 68'i
as Self
