Ay graduated from the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Theater Department. He joined the City Theatres in 1948 and started his acting career there. After working at the City Theaters for a long period of time, he started to appear in movies. He worked for the City Theaters for 32 years before retiring in 1980. He gained acclaim for his role as "Sermet" in the Süper Baba series. Meanwhile, he continued his career on stage as a guest artist in the theatre founded by Tolga Aşkıner and Ali Poyrazoğlu. Towards the end of his life, the actor starred in the TV series Cennet Mahallesi even though he was suffering from poor health. Ay died in 2004 and was buried in Şile.
