Rıza Kocaoğlu

Rıza Kocaoğlu — Biography

Rıza Kocaoğlu is a Turkish actor with a long list of television and film credits. He reached a wide audience as Ali in Kuzey Güney and played the lead character Aliço in Çukur. In recent years he has appeared in Zeytin Ağacı, Asaf and İnci Taneleri.

Raised in İzmir, he studied acting at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dokuz Eylül University and began his career in cinema: he played the lead in Çağan Irmak's directing debut Bana Şans Dile and won Best Actor at the Şile Magic Lantern Film Festival. Av Mevsimi, Kaybedenler Kulübü and Labirent followed, and on stage he performed the DOT plays Malafa and Punk Rock. On television he broke through with Ezel and Kuzey Güney and played Inspector Yasin in Karadayı. He led İçerde as Davut and, from 2017 to 2021, played Aliço in Çukur.

His later work ranges from comedy to period drama: Arıza Rıza in Organize İşler: Sazan Sarmalı, İhsan Pere, the head of the Istanbul telegraph office during the War of Independence, in Ya İstiklal Ya Ölüm, Güven Gümüşay in Tuzak and Nasuh in Asaf. His sister Gözde Kocaoğlu is also an actress, and he is known as a Göztepe supporter.