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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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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April 17th, 2025 | All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz | Self | TBD | |
September 14th, 2017 | The Legend of the Ugly King | Self (archive footage) | 7 | |
March 8th, 2013 | Happy Family Journal | Yıldırım Taşyumruk | 6.1 | |
May 4th, 2012 | My boy, look at the stars | Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems | 8 | |
August 22nd, 2010 | The Lost Gift | TBD | TBD | |
April 22nd, 2010 | Black and White | TBD | 5.6 | |
December 23rd, 2009 | Pains of Autumn | Kamil Efendi | 5.2 | |
December 30th, 2008 | Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb | Said | 6.1 | |
September 27th, 2007 | The Edge of Heaven | Ali Aksu | 7.2 | |
March 5th, 2004 | Tales of Intransigence | TBD | 6.4 | |
November 8th, 2002 | On the Tiger's Back | Fatih | 5.7 | |
November 14th, 2001 | The Waterfall | Kel Selim | 4.6 | |
October 12th, 2001 | O da Beni Seviyor | Masalcı | 8 | |
April 10th, 2001 | In Foreign Soil | Self | TBD | |
October 23rd, 1998 | Hoşçakal Yarın | Ali Elverdi | 7.7 | |
June 3rd, 1998 | Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan | Uncle Ismet | 5.8 | |
March 13th, 1998 | Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma | TBD | TBD | |
May 17th, 1997 | Çökertme | TBD | 9 | |
April 9th, 1997 | Journey on a Clock Hand | Agah | 5.7 | |
January 2nd, 1997 | Sawdust Tales | Fisherman | 5.6 | |
January 1st, 1997 | Gräfin Sophia Hatun | TBD | 9 | |
October 25th, 1996 | Işıklar Sönmesin | TBD | 6 | |
April 1st, 1996 | Somersault in a Coffin | Reis | 7.3 | |
March 15th, 1996 | Istanbul Beneath My Wings | Topal Recep Paşa | 6.7 | |
December 1st, 1995 | Love is Colder Than Death | Dursun | 6 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Ağrı'ya Dönüş | TBD | 10 | |
January 1st, 1994 | Bir Aşk Uğruna | TBD | 9 | |
January 1st, 1993 | Dark Shadows of Fear | Mohammed | 10 | |
November 29th, 1990 | Die Hallo-Sisters | Samy | 9 | |
March 18th, 1990 | The Guardian Angel | Ivar | 5.4 | |
January 24th, 1990 | The Mahabharata | Shakuni | 7.1 | |
January 1st, 1990 | Time of Vengeance | grand-father | 7 | |
August 25th, 1989 | Code Name Coq Rouge | Al-Houl | 6.4 | |
September 1st, 1986 | The Smile of the Lamb | Hilmi | 5.3 | |
August 29th, 1986 | The Frozen Leopard | TBD | 8 | |
January 2nd, 1985 | On a Narrow Bridge | TBD | 6.5 | |
August 26th, 1983 | Kalabaliken i Bender | TBD | 3.3 | |
February 1st, 1983 | The Wall | Tonton Ali | 7.1 | |
June 23rd, 1980 | Hasan the Rose | Hakan / The film director | 8 | |
January 2nd, 1980 | On Fertile Lands | Zeynel | 6.8 | |
March 1st, 1979 | Kanal | Abuzer Dayı | 6.3 | |
September 27th, 1978 | The Herd | Hamo Ağa | 7.5 | |
January 10th, 1974 | The Bus | TBD | 6.6 | |
October 1st, 1973 | Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße | TBD | TBD | |
May 25th, 1970 | Hope | Hasan | 7.3 | |
April 3rd, 1967 | Bullets Won't Touch Me | Cengiz | 8 | |
January 1st, 1967 | Krallar Ölmez | Komiser | 8 | |
January 1st, 1967 | Kuduz Recep | Hamza | 9 | |
October 4th, 1966 | Law of the Border | Bekir | 6.3 | |
June 16th, 1966 | The Ugly King | TBD | 8 | |
April 1st, 1966 | Horse, Woman and Gun | TBD | 10 | |
April 1st, 1966 | Yiğit Yaralı Olur | TBD | 7 | |
January 1st, 1966 | Silahların Kanunu | TBD | 9 | |
January 1st, 1966 | Kanli Mezar | TBD | 9 | |
January 1st, 1966 | Zehirli Kucak | TBD | 7 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim | TBD | 9 | |
January 1st, 1965 | The Road That Has No End | Köylü | 5.7 | |
January 1st, 1965 | I Live When I Die | TBD | 10 | |
January 1st, 1965 | The Last Birds | Turgut | 6.3 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Sokakta Kan Vardı | TBD | 7 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Krallar Kralı | TBD | 6 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Üçünüzü de mıhlarım | Hüseyin | 8 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Konyakçı | TBD | 9 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Kanlı Meydan | TBD | 8 | |
January 1st, 1965 | Sokaklar Yanıyor | Orhan | 7 | |
TBD | Türkiye'nin 68'i | Self | TBD |