Rıza Kocaoğlu (born March 19, 1979) is a Turkish actor of Kurdish origin. Born and raised in İzmir, he is mainly known for his role as Ali in the television series Kuzey Güney.
Life His maternal family is of Turkish descent who immigrated from Thessaloniki, Ottoman Empire (nowadays in Greece). His paternal family is of Kurdish descent of the Şêxbizin tribe from Kars and Yerevan. His sister, Gözde Kocaoğlu, is also an actress. He is a graduate of the theater department at Dokuz Eylül University and has worked in cinema since 2001. On 25 January 2013, 30 actors, including Rıza Kocaoğlu, were taken into custody for a drugs probe by Istanbul's narcotics police.
Filmography + FilmographyYearTitleRole2001Bana Şans DileBahadır2001Yeni Hayat -2004Ruhun DuymazErdi2004Gece YürüyüşüMetin2005Organize İşler -2006Avrupa Yakası Korsan Kitap Satıcısı 2007Emret Komutanım: Şah Mat Obsesif Tuncay 2008SınıfCüneyt2008Ulak Yakup2009Elveda RumeliHacı Ali2009 Sonsuz -2009Başka Semtin ÇocuklarıNeco2010ElifOğuz2010–2011EzelTemmuz2010Av MevsimiAsit Ömer2010Kaybedenler Kulübü -2011Behzat Ç. Seni Kalbime GömdümPembo2011LabirentHaluk2011–2012Kuzey GüneyAli2012–2015KaradayıYasin Ulutaş2013Behzat Ç. Ankara YanıyorPembo2015FilintaCelal2015Dünyanın En Güzel KokusuHakan2016İstanbul SokaklarıCemil2016–2017İçerdeDavut2017Dünyanın En Güzel Kokusu 2 Hakan2017–2021ÇukurAliço2019Organize İşler 2: Sazan SarmalıArıza Rıza2020Ya İstiklal Ya Ölümİhsan Pere2020Menajerimi AraHimself2022Another SelfFikret (Fiko)2022CezailerMenderes2022–TuzakGüven Gümüşay2022TamirhaneMüjdat202310 Days of a Good ManZeynel202310 Days of a Bad ManZeynel202410 Days of a Curious ManZeynel2024Tezgah2024Esas Oğlan2024AsafNasuh2024–İnci TaneleriNusret
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