Tuncel Kurtiz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-02-01 (77 years old)

Deathday

2013-09-27

Place of Birth

Bilecik, Turkey

Tuncel Kurtiz

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 la...

Acting

2007

1989

2017

The Legend of the Ugly King

as Self (archive footage)

1980

2001

1997

Sawdust Tales

as Fisherman

1990

The Mahabharata

as Shakuni

2001

The Waterfall

as Kel Selim

2013

Happy Family Journal

as Yıldırım Taşyumruk

2009

Pains of Autumn

as Kamil Efendi

1965

1965

1979

Kanal

as Abuzer Dayı

1970

Hope

as Hasan

2001

1998

Hoşçakal Yarın

as Ali Elverdi

2012

My boy, look at the stars

as Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems

1979

The Herd

as Hamo Ağa

1996

Istanbul Beneath My Wings

as Topal Recep Paşa

1966

1980

Hasan the Rose

as Hakan / The film director

1967

Krallar Ölmez

as Komiser

1983

The Wall

as Tonton Ali

1967

Kuduz Recep

as Hamza

1990

Time of Vengeance

as grand-father

Production

1980

1980

Hasan the Rose

as Director

1978

1980

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