Rıza Kocaoğlu

Born

19 March 1979 (aged 47)

Place of birth

Izmir

On Avşar Film

appeared in 3 movies

Rıza Kocaoğlu was born on 19 March 1979 in Izmir and grew up there; one branch of his family emigrated from Thessaloniki, and another is of Kars origin. He received acting training at Dokuz Eylül University and began working in cinema in 2001.

He stepped onto the big screen in a leading role with Bana Şans Dile, Çağan Irmak's first film as a director, and returned from this film with the best actor award from the Büyülü Fener Film Festival in Şile. He played Arıza in Organize İşler, Asit Ömer in Av Mevsimi and Murat in Kaybedenler Kulübü. He appeared in the plays Malafa and Punk Rock, staged by DOT.

On television, in the period that began with Ezel, he played Ali Güntan in the series Kuzey Güney and Yasin Ulutaş, nicknamed Kibrit, in Karadayı; he also appeared in the series Filinta and İçerde. He played Aliço in the series Çukur, and then gave life to the character Nusret in the series İnci Taneleri.

Kocaoğlu played Vedat in Sonsuz, Yakup in Ulak and Kerem in Karanlıktan Gelen, all Avşar Film productions.