Tuncel Kurtiz

Tuncel Kurtiz (born February 1, 1936) is a notable 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.

Biography

He was born in Bahçecik - İzmit, a town in the Kocaeli Province. His father was a district governor (kaymakam) and his mother a teacher. His parents' occupation was the reason the family toured many places in Turkey. After graduating from the Haydarpaşa High School in Istanbul, Kurtiz was educated in English philology in the Law School at Istanbul University.

He soon started a career as an actor playing theatre. 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 Berlin, Germany.

Filmography

Movies

* "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)
* "Tabutta Rövaşata" 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)
* "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

* "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)
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Directed movie

* "Lyckliga vi..." (1980 - Turkey/Sweden)

Awards

* "Best Screenplay" at 1981 Antalya Film Festival for his script "Gül Hasan"
* "Best Actor" at 1986 Berlin Film Festival for his role in the Israel film "Hiuch HaGdi"
* "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"

References

* Biyografi.net - [http://www.biyografi.net/kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=347 "Biography of Tuncel Kurtiz"] tr icon

External links

* [http://www.zeytinyayingrubu.com/37tuncelkurtiz.php Zeytin Publishing - "Interview with Tuncel Kurtiz"] tr icon

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