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Tchéky Karyo
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TchĂ©ky Karyo (French: [tÊeki kÉÊjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; October 4, 1953 â October 31, 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 CĂ©sar Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the 1982 film La Balance.
Baruh Djaki Karyo was born in 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey. His mother was Greek Jewish, and his father, a delivery man and builder, was from a Turkish Sephardic Jewish family; both families had Spanish roots. When he was youngâŠ
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TchĂ©ky Karyo (French: [tÊeki kÉÊjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; October 4, 1953 â October 31, 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 CĂ©sar Award for Most Promising Actor for his performance in the 1982 film La Balance. Baruh Djaki Karyo was born in 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey. His mother was Greek Jewish, and his father, a delivery man and builder, was from a Turkish Sephardic Jewish family; both families had Spanish roots. When he was young, his family moved to Paris, France. The spelling of his name, Djaki, was changed to TchĂ©ky in a form of French transliteration. At age 13, his parents separated, and his mother ordered him to leave her home as well. He attended the Parisian secondary school LycĂ©e Arago. As a young man, Karyo studied drama at the Cyrano Theatre, and later became a member of the Daniel Sorano Company, playing many classical roles.
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Tchéky Karyo's Filmography
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Steel Butterfly
as Robert
Faster
as Le Duc
Immortel Nougaro
as interprete
The Killer
as Tessier
Serial Driver
as Jean-Yves Lapick
Romantique
as Pascal
FraĂźche
as Alex
Tell Me Iggy
as Self
The Life Before
as André
Vicky and Her Mystery
as Bruno
Christmas Next Door
as Georges, le mari de Nicoletta
A Mermaid in Paris
as Camille
No Poster
Charon
as L'homme
Mary Magdalene
as Elisha
Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter
as CĂ©sar
I Didn't Shoot Jesse James
as Bob Ford
Daydreams
as Marc
Wild Tales From The Village
as Narrator
L'araignée rouge
as Simon Delaunay
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues
as CĂ©sar
Through the Air
as Armand Cavelle
Les brigands
as Old Man
De guerre lasse
as Armand
Belle and Sebastian
as CĂ©sar
Le Roman dâun trader
as le directeur général
Jappeloup
as Marcel Rozier, French team coach
Pieces of Me
as Edern
Morning Star
as Heroy
A Gang Story
as Serge Suttel
Special Forces
as Admiral Guezennec
Coup d'Ă©clat
as MĂ©rendon
Requiem for a Killer
as L'Arménien
The Way
as Captain Henri
Among Us
as Walter
A Previous Engagement
as Alex Belmont
A Man and His Dog
as Le guitariste
L'Affaire Bruay-en-Artois
as Le Juge Marceau
Vampire Party
as Le duc de Journiac
No Poster
The Resistance: Live Free or Die
as Narrator (voice)
Les Cerfs-volants
as Ambroise
Boxes
as Jean
The Lark Farm
as Aram
La masseria delle allodole
as Aram
Jacquou the Rebel
as Le chevalier
The Gravedancers
as Vincent Cochet
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
as Louis Routier
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
as Le cardinal de Richelieu
Old Goriot
as Vautrin
A Very Long Engagement
as Captain Favour
Ne quittez pas !
as Raveu
Taking Lives
as Leclair
Blueberry
as Uncle
The Core
as Serge
Utopia
as Hervé
The Good Thief
as Roger
Kiss of the Dragon
as Richard
The King Is Dancing
as MoliĂšre
The Patriot
as Jean Villeneuve
Saving Grace
as Jacques Chevalier
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Jean de Dunois
My Life So Far
as Gabriel Chenoux
Like a Fish Out of Water
as B. B.
Wing Commander
as Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart
Babel
as Nemrod
Let There Be Light!
as Harper
The Thousand Wonders of the Universe
as Professor Larsen
Dobermann
as Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini
Addicted to Love
as Anton
Habitat
as Hank Symes
No Poster
Les liens du cĆur
as Silas Marner
To Have and to Hold
as Jack
Hotel Rome
as Federale Apolloni
Foreign Land
as Kraft
Passage to Paradise
as Renato
Follow Your Heart
as Ernesto
GoldenEye
as Dmitri Mishkin
Operation Dumbo Drop
as Goddard
Crying Freeman
as Detective Netah
Bad Boys
as Fouchet
Moon Shadow
as Lorenzo
Zadoc and Happiness
as Zadoc
The Black Angel
as Paul Delorme
Nostradamus
as Nostradamus
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
as Phillip (archive footage)
And the Band Played On
as Dr. Willy Rozenbaum
L'Atlantide
as Lieutenant Morhange
Sketch Artist
as Paul Korbel
1492: Conquest of Paradise
as MartĂn Alonso PinzĂłn
On Guard
as Jean Vergier
Too Close to the Gods
as Henri Georges
Isabelle Eberhardt
as Slimene
Husbands and Lovers
as Paolo
High Art
as Hermes, the Knife master
Vincent and Me
as Vincent van Gogh
La fille des collines
as Vincent
Au coeur de Nikita
as Self
Nikita
as Bob
Corps perdus
as Eric Desange
Australia
as Julian Pierson
The Bear
as Tom
Sorceress
as Etienne de Bourbon
Spiral
as Kino
Ătats d'Ăąme
as Bertrand
Blue Hell
as Franck
L'unique
as Michel
Grottenolm
as Gerome Holm
Mad Love
as Micky
Le Matelot 512
as The scarred one / André
Full Moon in Paris
as Remi
Rita Ritter
as Man
The Outsider
as Francis Pierron
Shadow Dance
as Xavier
La Balance
as Petrovic
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
Toute une nuit
The Return of Martin Guerre
as Augustin
The Sword of Thyrus
as Maardin
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