Tuncel Kurtiz (born 1 February 1936) is a Turkish theatre, movie and TV series actor, playwright and film director. Since 1964, he has acted in more than 70 movies, including many international productions.
He was born in Bilecik, a town in Turkey. His father was a district governor (kaymakam) and his mother a teacher. His parents' occupation was the reason the family toured many places across the country. After graduating from the Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul, Kurtiz studied English philology at Istanbul University.
He soon started a career as an actor playing theatres. 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 Thaetre 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.
Tuncel Kurtiz currently lives in Istanbul, Turkey.
Movies
Jack Hunter And The Quest For Akhenaten (2008)
The Edge of Heaven by Fatih Akın (2007 - Turkey-Germany)
A Cavallo della Tigre (Esaretten Kaçış) by Carlo Mazzacurati (2002 - Italy)
Şellale (The Waterfall) by Semir Aslanyürek (2001)
Hoşça kal Yarın by Reis Çelik (1998)
Sawdust Tales by Barış Pirhasan (1997 - Turkey/Germany/Hungary)
Gräfin Sophia Hatun by Ayşe Polat (1997 - Germany)
Akrebin Yolculuğu by Ömer Kavur (1997)
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan by Hiner Saleem (1997 - France)
Somersault in a Coffin by Derviş Zaim (1996)
Dunkle Schatten der Angst by Konstantin Schmidt (1993 - Germany)
Die Hallo-Sisters by Ottokar Runze (1990 - Germany)
Zeit der Rache by Anton Peschke (1990 - Germany)
Skyddsängeln by Suzanne Osten (1990 - Sweden)
Täcknamn Coq Rouge by Per Berglund (1989 - Sweden)
The Mahabharata by Peter Brook (1989 - India)
Livsfarlig film by Suzanne Osten (1989 - Sweden)
Aufbrüche by Hartmut Horst and Eckart Lottmann (1987 - Germany)
Den Frusna leoparden by Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson (1986 - Sweden)
Hiuch HaGdi by Shimon Dotan (1986 - Israel)
Turkse Video by Otakar Votocek (1984 - Netherlands)
Kalabaliken i Bender by Mats Arehn (1983 - Sweden)
Duvar (The Wall) by Yılmaz Güney (1983)
Kleiner Mann was tun by Uschi Madeisky and Klaus Werner (1981 - West Germany)
On Fertile Lands (1980)
Kanal by Erden Kıral (1978)
Sürü (The Herd) by Zeki Ökten (1978)
Umut by Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney (1970)
Şeytanın Uşakları by İlhan Engin (1964)
TV series
Ezel (2009)
Asi (2008)
Kara Duvak (2007)
Hacı (2006)
"Vägen till Gyllenblå!" (1985 - Sweden)
Die Abschiebung by Marianne Lüdcke (1985 - West Germany)
Tatort - Tod im U-Bahnschacht (1975 - Wets Germany)
Awards
"Best Screenplay" at 1981 Antalya Film Festival for his script Gül Hasan
"Best Actor" at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival for his role in the Israel film Hiuch HaGdi[1]
"Best Supporting Actor" at 1994 Antalya Film Festival for his role in Bir Aşk Uğruna
"Best Actor" at 7th Sadri Alışık Awards for his role in Şellale
"Best Supporting Actor" at 2007 Antalya Film Festival for his role in Yaşamın Kıyısında
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