Tuncel Kurtiz
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-02-01 in Bilecik, Turkey
Died
2013-09-27
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.
Most Known For
Scene of the Crime
as Der Kleine
Magnificent Century
as Ebu Suud Efendi
Ezel
as Ramiz Karaeski
Asi
as Cemal Ağa
Law of the Border
as Bekir
The Last Birds
as Turgut
Silahların Kanunu
The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
Hope
as Hasan
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
The Bus
Kanlı Meydan
Alacakaranlık
Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
Işıklar Sönmesin
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
