1936-02-01 Bilecik, Turkey
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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Bölük Pörçük – Bir Tuncel Kurtiz Biyografisi | Self | 2025-04-17 |
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Die Legende vom hässlichen König | Self (archive footage) | 2017-09-14 |
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Mutlu Aile Defteri | Yıldırım Taşyumruk | 2013-03-08 |
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Delikanlım İyi Bak Yıldızlara | Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems | 2012-05-04 |
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Siyah Beyaz | 2010-04-22 | |
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Güz Sancısı | Kamil Efendi | 2009-12-23 |
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Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb | Said | 2008-12-30 |
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Auf der anderen Seite | Ali Aksu | 2007-09-27 |
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İnat Hikayeleri | 2004-03-05 | |
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A cavallo della tigre | Fatih | 2002-11-08 |
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In fremder Erde | Self | 2001-04-10 |
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O da Beni Seviyor | Masalcı | 2001-10-12 |
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Şellale | Kel Selim | 2001-11-14 |
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Hoşçakal Yarın | Ali Elverdi | 1998-10-23 |
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Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma | 1998-03-13 | |
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Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan | Uncle Ismet | 1998-06-03 |
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Akrebin Yolculuğu | Agah | 1997-04-09 |
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Gräfin Sophia Hatun | 1997-01-01 | |
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Çökertme | 1997-05-17 | |
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Usta Beni Öldürsene | Fisherman | 1997-01-02 |
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İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında | Topal Recep Paşa | 1996-03-15 |
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Işıklar Sönmesin | 1996-10-25 | |
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Tabutta Rövaşata | Reis | 1996-04-01 |
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Bir Aşk Uğruna | 1994-01-01 | |
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Ağrı'ya Dönüş | 1994-01-01 | |
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Aşk Ölümden Soğuktur | 1994-01-01 | |
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Zeit der Rache | grand-father | 1990-01-01 |
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The Mahabharata | Shakuni | 1990-01-24 |
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Skyddsängeln | Ivar | 1990-03-18 |
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Die Hallo-Sisters | Samy | 1990-11-29 |
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Täcknamn Coq Rouge | Al-Houl | 1989-08-25 |
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Den frusna leoparden | 1986-08-29 | |
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חיוך הגדי | Hilmi | 1986-09-01 |
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Gesher Tzar Me'od | 1985-01-02 | |
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Kalabaliken i Bender | 1983-08-26 | |
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Duvar | Tonton Ali | 1983-02-01 |
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Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde | Zeynel | 1980-01-02 |
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Gül Hasan | Hakan / The film director | 1980-06-23 |
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Sürü | Hamo Ağa | 1979-02-01 |
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Kanal | Abuzer Dayı | 1979-03-01 |
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Otobüs | 1974-01-10 | |
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Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße | 1973-10-01 | |
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Umut | Hasan | 1970-05-25 |
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Bana Kurşun İşlemez | Cengiz | 1967-04-03 |
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Krallar Ölmez | Komiser | 1967-01-01 |
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Kuduz Recep | Hamza | 1967-01-01 |
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At Avrat Silah | 1966-04-01 | |
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Yiğit Yaralı Olur | 1966-04-01 | |
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Silahların Kanunu | 1966-01-01 | |
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Çirkin Kral | 1966-06-16 | |
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Kanli Mezar | 1966-01-01 | |
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Hudutların Kanunu | Bekir | 1966-10-04 |
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Bitmeyen Yol | Köylü | 1965-01-01 |
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Konyakçı | 1965-01-01 | |
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Üçünüzü de mıhlarım | Hüseyin | 1965-01-01 |
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Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim | 1965-01-01 | |
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Krallar Kralı | 1965-01-01 | |
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Son Kuşlar | Turgut | 1965-01-01 |
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Sokakta Kan Vardı | 1965-01-01 | |
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Ben Öldükçe Yaşarım | Cemal | 1965-01-01 |