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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 1, 1936
Died
September 27, 2013
Place of Birth
Bilecik, Turkey
Also Known As
- Tuncel Curtiz
Tuncel Kurtiz
1.0 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
2025
7.0
Self (archive footage)
The Legend of the Ugly King
2017
6.1
Yıldırım Taşyumruk
Happy Family Journal
2013
8.0
Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
My boy, look at the stars
2012
8.1
Ebu Suud Efendi
Magnificent Century
2011
5.7
Black and White
2010
5.1
Kamil Efendi
Pains of Autumn
2009
8.4
Ramiz Karaeski
Ezel
2009
6.0
Said
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
2008
7.2
Cemal Ağa
Asi
2007
Credits
All Over the Place - A Portrait of Tuncel Kurtiz
as Self
2025
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The Legend of the Ugly King
as Self (archive footage)
2017
7.0
Happy Family Journal
as Yıldırım Taşyumruk
2013
6.1
My boy, look at the stars
as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
2012
8.0
Magnificent Century
as Ebu Suud Efendi
2011
8.1
Black and White
2010
5.7
Pains of Autumn
as Kamil Efendi
2009
5.1
Ezel
as Ramiz Karaeski
2009
8.4
Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb
as Said
2008
6.0
Asi
as Cemal Ağa
2007
7.2
The Edge of Heaven
as Ali Aksu
2007
7.2
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Hacı
2006
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Tales of Intransigence
2004
5.0
Alacakaranlık
2003
7.5
On the Tiger's Back
as Fatih
2002
5.4
The Waterfall
as Kel Selim
2001
4.2
O da Beni Seviyor
as Masalcı
2001
6.0
In Foreign Soil
as Self
2001
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Hoşçakal Yarın
as Ali Elverdi
1998
8.0
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Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
as Uncle Ismet
1998
4.8
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
1998
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Çökertme
1997
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Journey on a Clock Hand
as Agah
1997
5.6
Sawdust Tales
as Fisherman
1997
4.8
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Gräfin Sophia Hatun
1997
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Işıklar Sönmesin
1996
5.0
Somersault in a Coffin
as Reis
1996
7.4
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
as Topal Recep Paşa
1996
6.6
Love is Colder Than Death
as Dursun
1995
5.0
Bir Aşk Uğruna
1994
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Ağrı'ya Dönüş
1994
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Kvällspressen
as Abdel
1992
5.0
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Amforans gåta
as Papa
1991
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Die Hallo-Sisters
as Samy
1990
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The Guardian Angel
as Ivar
1990
5.2
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
1990
6.0
The Mahabharata
as Shakuni
1990
6.9
Time of Vengeance
as grand-father
1990
0.0
Code Name Coq Rouge
as Al-Houl
1989
6.5
The Smile of the Lamb
as Hilmi
1986
4.8
The Frozen Leopard
1986
0.0
On a Narrow Bridge
1985
0.0
Kalabaliken i Bender
1983
2.6
The Wall
as Tonton Ali
1983
7.0
Hasan the Rose
as Hakan / The film director
1980
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On Fertile Lands
as Zeynel
1980
6.7
Kanal
as Abuzer Dayı
1979
5.9
The Herd
as Hamo Ağa
1979
7.5
The Bus
1974
6.6
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Frau Kutzer und andere Bewohner der Naunynstraße
1973
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Scene of the Crime
as Der Kleine
1970
6.1
Hope
as Hasan
1970
7.2
Bullets Won't Touch Me
as Cengiz
1967
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Kuduz Recep
as Hamza
1967
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Krallar Ölmez
as Komiser
1967
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Law of the Border
as Bekir
1966
6.2
The Ugly King
1966
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Yiğit Yaralı Olur
1966
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Horse, Woman and Gun
1966
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Kanli Mezar
1966
0.0
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Zehirli Kucak
1966
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Silahların Kanunu
1966
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Üçünüzü de mıhlarım
as Hüseyin
1965
0.0
The Last Birds
as Turgut
1965
6.0
Bir Caniye Gönül Verdim
1965
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Konyakçı
1965
0.0
Sokakta Kan Vardı
1965
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Kanlı Meydan
1965
0.0
I Live When I Die
as Cemal
1965
0.0
Sokaklar Yanıyor
as Orhan
1965
0.0
Krallar Kralı
1965
5.0
The Road That Has No End
as Köylü
1965
4.8