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Tchéky Karyo
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Tchéky Karyo (French: [tʃeki kɑʁjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; October 4, 1953 – 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 César 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 Tchéky 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 Lycée 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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Acting (138)
Fouchet
Dmitri Mishkin
Jean Villeneuve
Serge
Bob
Leclair
Jean de Dunois
Richard
Captain Favour
Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist
Martín Alonso Pinzón
César
Captain Henri
Admiral Guezennec
Tessier
Elisha
Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini
Tom
François Salvage
Bruno
Anton
Jacques Chevalier
Serge Suttel
Marcel Rozier, French team coach
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Detective Netah
César
Henri Rousseau
Julien Baptiste
Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart
Uncle
Vincent Cochet
Francis Pierron
Augustin
Manius Macrinus Firmus
Camille
Goddard
César
Jean-Yves Lapick
Le chevalier
Roger
Remi
George Melies
Pope John XXII
Dr. Willy Rozenbaum
Francis Miller
Julien Baptiste
Général Duvernet
L'Arménien
Nostradamus
Petrovic
Kraft
Black Coda
Micky
Le duc de Journiac
Daniel Perrin
Molière
Le Duc
Armand Cavelle
Le cardinal de Richelieu
Paolo
Edern
The Tailor
Ernesto
Gabriel Chenoux
Franck Varnove
Paul Korbel
Phillip
Armand
Pascal
Le guitariste
Paul Delorme
Aram
Hank Symes
Franck Koskas
Joël / Yoel
Mérendon
B. B.
Vautrin
Hermes, the Knife master
Hervé
Marc
Franz Agerland
Alex Belmont
Professor Larsen
Julian Pierson
Franck
Philippe le Bel
Serge Tokarev
The scarred one / André
Georges, le mari de Nicoletta
Harper
Vincent van Gogh
Jean
Federale Apolloni
Lorenzo
Jack
Eric Desange
Paul Arkan
Slimene
Old Man
Etienne de Bourbon
Narrator
Nemrod
Bob Ford
Jean Vergier
Kino
Walter
Le Juge Marceau
Lieutenant Morhange
Vincent
Raveu
Alex
Ambroise
Heroy
Louis Routier
Bertrand
Le cardinal de Richelieu
Gerome Holm
Michel
Renato
Man
Xavier
Henri Georges
Zadoc
interprete
Simon Delaunay
Aram
Charles Luciani
le directeur général
Robert
André
Maardin
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Self - Guest
Phillip (archive footage)
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