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Rıza Kocaoğlu
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Rıza Kocaoğlu

Actor · 47 years old

Aliço in the series Çukur

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Age47
Birth dateMarch 19, 1979
Birthplaceİzmir
ProfessionActor
Zodiac signPisces
Eye colorBlue
EducationDokuz Eylül University, Acting Department

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Rıza Kocaoğlu — Biography

A long list of television and film credits stands behind Turkish actor Rıza Kocaoğlu. 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.

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Series Binger A series devotee tracking character arcs, cast chemistry and season pacing.

Starting a Rıza Kocaoğlu series binge with Kuzey Güney makes sense: two seasons, 80 episodes, a story about class difference and family sacrifice that does not fall apart, with Ali Güntan inside it. The 71 episodes of Ezel, directed by Uluç Bayraktar, are the second stop for a harder tone.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

Ezel, Karadayı, İçerde, Çukur: in my view Rıza Kocaoğlu's series keep circling the same world of gangs, loyalty and neighborhood. Çukur's 131 episodes are the longest example of that repetition; Ezel's 71 hold the tension tighter, while Karadayı, 115 episodes of about 130 minutes each, slows the pace.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Rıza Kocaoğlu's path in cinema is wider than his tough-guy image on television: the lead in Çağan Irmak's first film Bana Şans Dile, comedy as Arıza in Organize İşler, a place in Yavuz Turgul's police ensemble in Av Mevsimi. In my view his film choices are more varied than his series.

These are not reader reviews: they are short editorial takes on this person's screen work, written from different viewer perspectives with AI assistance. Reader comments are below.

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