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Tuncel Kurtiz
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 mov…
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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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2017
The Legend of the Ugly King
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2013
Happy Family Journal
Movie Yıldırım Taşyumruk
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2012
My boy, look at the stars
Movie Deniz Gezmiş(voice) and sings the poems
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2011
The Magnificent Century
TV show Ebu Suud Efendi
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2010
The Lost Gift
Movie
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2010
Black and White
Movie
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2009
Pains of Autumn
Movie Kamil Efendi
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2009
Ezel
TV show Ramiz Karaeski
- 2008
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2007
Asi
TV show Cemal Ağa
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2007
The Edge of Heaven
Movie Ali Aksu
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2006
Hacı
TV show
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2004
Tales of Intransigence
Movie
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2003
Alacakaranlık
TV show
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2002
On the Tiger's Back
Movie Fatih
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2001
The Waterfall
Movie Kel Selim
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2001
O da Beni Seviyor
Movie Masalcı
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2001
In Foreign Soil
Movie Self
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1998
Hoşçakal Yarın
Movie Ali Elverdi
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1998
Vive la mariée... et la libération du Kurdistan
Movie Uncle Ismet
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1998
Çok Tuhaf Soruşturma
Movie
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1997
Çökertme
Movie
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1997
Journey on a Clock Hand
Movie Agah
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1997
Sawdust Tales
Movie Fisherman
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1996
Işıklar Sönmesin
Movie
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1996
Somersault in a Coffin
Movie Reis
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1996
Istanbul Beneath My Wings
Movie Topal Recep Paşa
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1996
Gräfin Sophia Hatun
Movie
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1995
Love is Colder Than Death
Movie Dursun
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1994
Gölgedekiler
TV show
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1994
Baba
Movie
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1994
Ağrı'ya Dönüş
Movie
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1994
Bir Aşk Uğruna
Movie
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1993
Dark Shadows of Fear
Movie Mohammed
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1992
Dødelig kjemi
TV show Ahmed Jhani
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1992
Kvällspressen
TV show Abdel
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1991
Amforans gåta
TV show Papa
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1990
Die Hallo-Sisters
Movie Samy
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1990
The Guardian Angel
Movie Ivar
