| Tuncel Kurtiz | |
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| Born | February 1, 1936 Bilecik, Turkey |
| Residence | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Education | English philology |
| Alma mater | Istanbul University |
| Occupation | Actor, playwright and film producer |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Awards | Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay (1981) Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor (1994) Golden Boll Award for Best Supporting Actor (1994) Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor (2007) |
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.
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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.
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| Preceded by event not held |
Golden Orange Award for Best Screenplay 1981 for Gül Hasan shared with Nurettin Sezer |
Succeeded by Yavuz Turgul |
| Preceded by Fikret Hakan |
Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor 1994 for Bir Aşk Uğruna shared with Oktay Kaynarca |
Succeeded by Mustafa Avkıran |
| Preceded by Macit Koper |
Golden Boll Award for Best Supporting Actor 1994 for Agrıya Dönüş shared with Fikret Hakan 1995 for Bir Aşk Uğruna |
Succeeded by Kenan Bal |
| Preceded by Civan Canova |
Golden Orange Award for Best Supporting Actor 2007 for Yaşamın Kıyısında |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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