Alpay İzer was born on January 1, 1944 in Erzurum. He spent his childhood in different cities of Turkey due to his father's job as a judge. After graduating from Bursa Boys' High School, he stepped onto the stage at Bursa Community Center Chamber Theater and then took part in various plays at Dormen Theatre. He graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Theater Department in 1971, laying the foundations of his professional education.
After his graduation, he joined the newly established Poyrazoğlu Theater in 1972 and performed there for two years. His cinema career started with the erotic-comedy film "Gariban Şakir"; During this period, she starred in many erotic films. However, he attracted the attention of large audiences with his character Selim in "Completion Class" and began to turn to dramatic and comic roles.
İzer, who took a break from cinema between 1976 and 1979, acted in Ali Poyrazoğlu's mini series "Darısı Başnıza" and Levent Kırca's "Ne Olur Ne Olmaz".
Returning to cinema in 1979, he played unforgettable characters such as the grocer in Kemal Sunal's films such as "King of Watchmen" and "Devlet Kuşu", Muhtar Yaşar Şereflikoç in "Our Hope Şaban" and Lawyer Burhan in "Zübük". Then, he turned to theater and worked at Akbank Children's Theater founded by Aydemir Akbaş, and also took part in parodies he wrote for television.
He met the television audience with the role of Kahveci Saffet in the TV series "Perihan Abla", which was broadcast in 1986.
Alpay İzer died on October 20, 1989, at Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, due to lung cancer, which he had been fighting for a long time. His funeral took place a day later at the Teşvikiye Mosque, with a ceremony held after the noon prayer, and he was buried in Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 19 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- The Forgotten Ones (1974) — Cemal Sahir's Friend
- Zübük (1980) — Lawyer Burhan
- Flirtatious Girls (1975) — Kerim
- Diyet (1975) — Veli Çelebi
- Our Hope is Şaban (1979) — Muhtar Yaşar Şereflikoç
- Raspberry (1974)
- Devlet Kuşu (1980) — Grocery Store Remzi
- King of Watchmen (1979) — Convenience Store
- Oh This Youth (1975)
- Graduation Class (1975)
- Monster Jafar (1975)
- Candy Apple (1975) — Veli
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
