Person
- Born
- 1953-10-04
- Died
- 2025-10-31
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Film & TV
Acting · Istanbul, Turkey
Tchéky Karyo was a Turkish-born French actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tchéky Karyo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Faster — Le Duc2025
- Steel Butterfly — Robert2025
- The Killer — Tessier2024
- Immortel Nougaro — interprete2024
- Serial Driver — Jean-Yves Lapick2023
- Liaison — Francis Miller2023
- Boat Story — The Tailor2023
- Romantique — Pascal2022
- Tell Me Iggy — Self2022
- Fraîche — Alex2022
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Tchéky Karyo ( French: [tʃeki kɑʁjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; 4 October 1953 – 31 October 2025) was a Turkish-born French actor and musician. Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary plays, he later worked as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He acted in numerous films by Hollywood and French directors, including Luc Besson. He was nominated for a César Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the 1982 film La Balance.
His film credits include La Femme Nikita, Vincent and Me, Nostradamus, Crying Freeman, Bad Boys, GoldenEye, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The Patriot and Kiss of the Dragon. His television roles include Dr. Willy Rozenbaum in the HBO film And the Band Played On, Georges Méliès in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and French detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC crime drama The Missing, and its spin-off series Baptiste (2019–21).
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