Ali Rıza Kubilay was born on March 15, 1977 in Ankara. He spent his childhood in a financially difficult family and had difficulty completing high school. While he wanted to be interested in radio, cinema and television in his early years of education, one day he saw an advertisement for "Course for Conservatory Exams" and his direction changed.
Kubilay, who was unsuccessful despite taking the exams in Eskişehir many times, entered Bilkent University, Faculty of Music and Performing Arts, Department of Theater and received a 100 percent scholarship in his first application; He made his scholarship negotiations with Cüneyt Gökçer. He is happily married to Buket Yanmaz Kubilay, with whom he has been together since his university years.
Kubilay, who moved to Istanbul after graduating from Bilkent in 2003, completed his master's degree in advanced acting at Bahçeşehir University. In the same year, he took the stage in Vüs'at O. Bener's play "İpin Ucu" under the direction of Zekâi Müftüoğlu at the Istanbul State Theatre. In 2004, he continued his career as a staff artist at Bakırköy Municipal Theaters and has appeared in many plays since then.
He enriched his stage experience, especially in productions such as "How Many Babas Run" (Ray Cooney, 2013), "Martial Management" (Albert Camus, 2012) and "Külhanbeyi Opera" (Ülkü Ayvaz, 2011).
Kubilay, who took part in cinema and television projects as well as theater works, played the character of Ahmet in the 2007 movie "Made in Europe" and won the Best Actor award at the 15th Adana Altın Koza Film Festival with this performance. His filmography also includes new productions such as “A Few Days Before Sunset” (2023).
In the world of TV series, he took part in various roles in projects such as “Rüya Gibi” (2006), “Nazlı Yarim” (2007), “Keşanlı Ali Destanı” (2012) and “Arıza” (2020‑2021); He most recently returned to the screens with the TV series "Kral Kaybederse" (2025) and "Ömer" (2023).
Kubilay, who is also active as a voice-over artist, has a versatile career in theatre, cinema, TV series and voice-over fields. While he has continued to perform as a permanent artist of Bakırköy Municipal Theaters since 2004, he also carried his acting knowledge to the academic level with his master's degree. Today, he is still actively involved in projects and continues his artistic life both on stage and on the screen.
Productions in which he took part
- Malfunction (2020)
- If the King Loses (2025) — Sami
- Conscience (2013)
- Pink and Blue (2005) — Taci Portakal (voice)
- Racon: For My Family (2015) — Nejat Tuna
- Square Heads (2025) — Mr. Fart
- A Few Days Before Sunset (2023) — Muharrem
- New Custom for the Old Village (2018)
- Nazlı Yarim (2007)
- Made In Europe (2007)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
