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Tuncel Kurtiz

1936-02-01

The 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.

Tuncel Kurtiz in

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The Edge of Heaven

7.212 average rating
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Jack Hunter and the Quest for Akhenaten's Tomb

6.2 average rating
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Law of the Border

6.242 average rating
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The Herd

7.3 average rating
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Somersault in a Coffin

7.6 average rating
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The Mahabharata

6.9 average rating
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Mutlu Aile Defteri

6.1 average rating
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Pains of Autumn

5.8 average rating
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Code Name Coq Rouge

6.5 average rating
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O da Beni Seviyor

6 average rating
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The Wall

7.3 average rating
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Journey on a Clock Hand

5.8 average rating
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Kalabaliken i Bender

2.8 average rating
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Hope

7.2 average rating
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A cavallo della tigre

5.3 average rating
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On Fertile Lands

6.7 average rating
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The Road That Has No End

4.8 average rating
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Tales of Intransigence

5 average rating
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Istanbul Beneath My Wings

6.6 average rating
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Kanal

5.8 average rating