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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
Character:Self
Release Date:17/04/2025
The Legend of the Ugly King
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/09/2017
Happy Family Journal
Character:Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Release Date:08/03/2013
My boy, look at the stars
Character:Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
Release Date:04/05/2012
Black and White
Character:
Release Date:22/04/2010
Pains of Autumn
Character:Kamil Efendi
Release Date:23/12/2009
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
Character:Said
Release Date:30/12/2008
The Edge of Heaven
Character:Ali Aksu
Release Date:27/09/2007
Tales of Intransigence
Character:
Release Date:05/03/2004
On the Tiger's Back
Character:Fatih
Release Date:08/11/2002
The Waterfall
Character:Kel Selim
Release Date:14/11/2001
O da Beni Seviyor
Character:Masalcı
Release Date:12/10/2001
In Foreign Soil
Character:Self
Release Date:10/04/2001
Hoşçakal Yarın
Character:Ali Elverdi
Release Date:23/10/1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Character:Uncle Ismet
Release Date:03/06/1998
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Character:
Release Date:13/03/1998
Çökertme
Character:
Release Date:17/05/1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
Character:Agah
Release Date:09/04/1997
Sawdust Tales
Character:Fisherman
Release Date:02/01/1997
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1997
Işıklar Sönmesin
Character:
Release Date:25/10/1996
Somersault in a Coffin
Character:Reis
Release Date:01/04/1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Character:Topal Recep Paşa
Release Date:15/03/1996
Love is Colder Than Death
Character:Dursun
Release Date:01/12/1995
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1994
Die Hallo-Sisters
Character:Samy
Release Date:29/11/1990
The Guardian Angel
Character:Ivar
Release Date:18/03/1990
The Mahabharata
Character:Shakuni
Release Date:24/01/1990
Time of Vengeance
Character:grand-father
Release Date:01/01/1990
Code Name Coq Rouge
Character:Al-Houl
Release Date:25/08/1989
The Smile of the Lamb
Character:Hilmi
Release Date:01/09/1986
The Frozen Leopard
Character:
Release Date:29/08/1986
On a Narrow Bridge
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1985
Kalabaliken i Bender
Character:
Release Date:26/08/1983
The Wall
Character:Tonton Ali
Release Date:01/02/1983
Hasan the Rose
Character:Hakan / The film director
Release Date:23/06/1980
On Fertile Lands
Character:Zeynel
Release Date:02/01/1980
Kanal
Character:Abuzer Dayı
Release Date:01/03/1979
The Herd
Character:Hamo Ağa
Release Date:01/02/1979
The Bus
Character:
Release Date:10/01/1974
Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1973
Hope
Character:Hasan
Release Date:25/05/1970
Bullets Won't Touch Me
Character:Cengiz
Release Date:03/04/1967
Krallar Ölmez
Character:Komiser
Release Date:01/01/1967
Kuduz Recep
Character:Hamza
Release Date:01/01/1967
Law of the Border
Character:Bekir
Release Date:04/10/1966
The Ugly King
Character:
Release Date:16/06/1966
Horse, Woman and Gun
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1966
Yiğit Yaralı Olur
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1966
Silahların Kanunu
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1966
Kanli Mezar
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1966
Zehirli Kucak
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1966
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Road That Has No End
Character:Köylü
Release Date:01/01/1965
I Live When I Die
Character:Cemal
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Last Birds
Character:Turgut
Release Date:01/01/1965
Sokakta Kan Vardı
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1965
Krallar Kralı
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1965
Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
Character:Hüseyin
Release Date:01/01/1965
Konyakçı
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1965
Kanlı Meydan
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1965
Sokaklar Yanıyor
Character:Orhan
Release Date:01/01/1965
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