[1] His first professional experience on stage was an adaptation of Ariel Dorfman's play Widows in 1998, directed by Rutkay Aziz, at the Ankara Art Theatre.
[2] In the same years, he gave acting lessons at Diyarbakır City Theatres and directed the play Barış Adası at the same institution.
Kılıç was nominated for the Most Successful Musical and Comedy Male Actor of the Year at the 14th Afife Theatre Awards, for his performance in this play in which he portrayed four different characters.
He portrayed the character of Imam Hamdi in the movie Kış Uykusu which won Cannes Film Festival, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
He was cast in many films Baskın Karabasan, Nokta, Robinson ve Cuma, Mavzer, Topal Şükran'ın Maceraları, Cenazemize Hoş Geldiniz, Yol Arkadaşım.