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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Kayıp Armağan | 2010-08-22 | |
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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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Şellale | Kel Selim | 2001-11-14 |
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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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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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Hoşçakal Yarın | Ali Elverdi | 1998-10-23 |
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Akrebin Yolculuğu | Agah | 1997-04-09 |
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Usta Beni Öldürsene | Fisherman | 1997-01-02 |
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Gräfin Sophia Hatun | 1997-01-01 | |
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Çökertme | 1997-05-17 | |
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Işıklar Sönmesin | 1996-10-25 | |
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İstanbul Kanatlarımın Altında | Topal Recep Paşa | 1996-03-15 |
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Tabutta Rövaşata | Reis | 1996-04-01 |
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Aşk Ölümden Soğuktur | Dursun | 1995-12-01 |
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Bir Aşk Uğruna | 1994-01-01 | |
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Ağrı'ya Dönüş | 1994-01-01 | |
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Dunkle Schatten der Angst | Mohammed | 1993-01-01 |
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Zeit der Rache | grand-father | 1990-01-01 |
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Skyddsängeln | Ivar | 1990-03-18 |
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The Mahabharata | Shakuni | 1990-01-24 |
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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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חיוך הגדי | Hilmi | 1986-09-01 |
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Den frusna leoparden | 1986-08-29 | |
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גשר צר מאוד | 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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Gül Hasan | Hakan / The film director | 1980-06-23 |
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Bereketli Topraklar Üzerinde | Zeynel | 1980-01-02 |
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Kanal | Abuzer Dayı | 1979-03-01 |
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Sürü | Hamo Ağa | 1978-09-27 |
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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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Zehirli Kucak | 1966-01-01 | |
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Yiğit Yaralı Olur | 1966-04-01 | |
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At Avrat Silah | 1966-04-01 | |
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Hudutların Kanunu | Bekir | 1966-10-04 |
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Silahların Kanunu | 1966-01-01 | |
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Kanli Mezar | 1966-01-01 | |
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Çirkin Kral | 1966-06-16 | |
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Kanlı Meydan | 1965-01-01 | |
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Sokaklar Yanıyor | Orhan | 1965-01-01 |
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Konyakçı | 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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Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim | 1965-01-01 | |
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Bitmeyen Yol | Köylü | 1965-01-01 |
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Krallar Kralı | 1965-01-02 | |
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Üçünüzü de mıhlarım | Hüseyin | 1965-01-01 |
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Ben Öldükçe Yaşarım | 1965-01-01 | |
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Türkiye'nin 68'i | Self |
