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Tchéky Karyo

Actor | * 10/04/1953 (70) | Istanbul (Turkey)
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Tchéky Karyo (French: [tʃeki kɑʁjo]; born 4 October 1953) is a French actor and musician of Turkish origin. Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He has 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, ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Crime

Known for these Movies & Shows

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer. But when his son Gabriel e ...

The Patriot

R

2000 | 3.6/5 | 2h 45min
Drama, History, War, Action
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Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under t ...

Bad Boys

R

1995 | 3.4/5 | 1h 59min
Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government. ...

La Femme Nikita

R

1990 | 3.6/5 | 1h 57min
Action, Thriller
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Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts ...

The Core

PG-13

2003 | 2.9/5 | 2h 16min
Action, Thriller, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Tchéky Karyo

Officer of Arts and Letters
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Movies with Tchéky Karyo as Actor(103)

as Jean-Yves Lapick2023 Bonne Conduite
as Simon2023 L'Araignée Rouge
as Pascal2022 Une comédie romantique
as Georges2021 Christmas Next Door
as André2021 The Life Before
as Bruno2021 Vicky and Her Mystery
as Camille2020 A Mermaid in Paris
as Elisha2018 Mary Magdalene
as César2018 Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter
as Marc2017 Daydreams
as Bob Ford2017 I Didn't Shoot Jesse James
as Narrator2016 Wild Tales From The Village
as Armand Cavelle2015 Through the Air
as Old Man2015 Les brigands
as César2015 Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues
as Armand2014 De guerre lasse
as Marcel Rozier2013 Jappeloup
as César2013 Belle and Sebastian
as Edern2012 Pieces of Me
as Heroy2012 Morning Star
as Mérendon2011 Coup d'éclat
as L'Arménien2011 Requiem for a Killer
as Serge Suttel2011 A Gang Story
as Admiral Guezennec2011 Special Forces
as Walter2010 Among Us
as Captain Henri2010 The Way
as Alex Belmont2009 A Previous Engagement
as Le duc de Journiac2008 Vampire Party
as Aram2007 The Lark Farm
as Ambroise2007 Les Cerfs-volants
as Le chevalier2007 Jacquou the Rebel
as Jean2007 Boxes
as Vincent Cochet2006 The Gravedancers
as Le cardinal de Richelieu2005 D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
as Louis Routier2005 S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
as Raveu2004 Ne quittez pas!
as Leclair2004 Taking Lives
as Captain Favour2004 A Very Long Engagement
as Uncle2004 Renegade
as Vautrin2004 Old Goriot
as Hervé2003 Utopia
as Roger2003 The Good Thief
as Serge2003 The Core
as The Knight2002 CinéMagique
as Insp. Richard2001 Kiss of the Dragon
as Black Coda2001 Arabian Nights (When Night Falls, The Adventure Begins)
as Molière2000 The King Is Dancing
as Jean Villeneuve2000 The Patriot
as Jacques Chevalier2000 Saving Grace
as Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart1999 Wing Commander
as B. B.1999 Like a Fish Out of Water
as Jean de Dunois1999 The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
as Gabriel Chenoux1999 My Life So Far
as Nemrod1999 Babel
as Self (archive footage)1998 In and Out of Fashion
as Harper1998 Let There Be Light!
as Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini1997 Dobermann
as Hank Symes1997 Habitat
as Professor Larsen1997 The Thousand Wonders of the Universe
as Anton1997 Addicted to Love
as Kraft1996 Foreign Land
as Jack1996 To Have & To Hold
as Silas Marner1996 Les liens du cœur
as Federale Apolloni1996 Albergo Roma
as Ernesto1996 Follow Your Heart
as Detective Netah1995 Crying Freeman
as Goddard1995 Operation Dumbo Drop
1995 Zadoc et le bonheur
as Fouchet1995 Bad Boys
as Lorenzo1995 Moon Shadow
as Defense Minister Dmitri Mishkin1995 GoldenEye
as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist1994 Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
as Paul Delorme1994 The Black Angel
as Nostradamus1994 Nostradamus
as Dr. Willy Rozenbaum1993 And the Band Played On
as Phillip1993 Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1992 On Guard
as Henri Georges1992 Too Close to the Gods
as Martín Alonso Pinzón1992 1492: Conquest of Paradise
as Lieutenant Morhange1992 L'Atlantide
as Paul Korbel1992 Sketch Artist
as Slimene1991 Isabelle Eberhardt
as Hermes, the Knife master1991 High Art
as Paolo1991 Husbands and Lovers
as Eric Desange1990 Corps perdus
as Bob1990 La Femme Nikita
as Vincent1990 La fille des collines
as Vincent van Gogh1990 Vincent and me
as Tom1988 The Bear
as Kino1987 Spiral
as Etienne de Bourbon1987 Sorceress
as Franck1986 Blue Hell
as Bertrand1986 États d'âme
as Gerome Holm1985 Grottenolm
as Micky1985 Mad Love
as Le balafré / André1984 Le matelot 512
as Remi1984 Full Moon in Paris
as Xavier1983 Shadow Dance
as Francis Pierron1983 The Outsider
as Petrovic1982 La Balance
1982 Toute une nuit
1982 Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
as Augustin1982 The Return of Martin Guerre

TV Shows/Series with Tchéky Karyo as Actor(18)

as Francis Miller2023 Liaison
as The Tailor2023 Boat Story
as Général Duvernet2022 Women at War
2022 I3P
as Joël2020 Possessions
as Daniel Perrin2020 The Eddy
as François Salvage2020 ZeroZeroZero
as Pope John XXII2019 The Name of the Rose
as Julien Baptiste2019 Baptiste
as Serge Tokarev2018 War on Beasts
as Henri Rousseau2017 Genius
as Franck Varnove2016 Section Zéro
as Julien Baptiste2014 The Missing
as Franck Koskas2012 No Limit
as George Melies1998 From the Earth to the Moon
as Phillip1992 Red Shoe Diaries
as himself1990 Les Nuls, l'émission
as himself1982 Champs-Elysées

Movies with Tchéky Karyo as Crew(1)

Crew/Thanks2011 The Extraordinary Voyage

Citizenships: France, Turkey
Born: Sunday, 10/04 1953 (October) in Istanbul (Turkey) (current age: 70 years + 203 days)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Educated at: Lycée Arago
Spouses (current/former): Isabelle Pasco, Valérie Keruzoré
Other names for Tchéky Karyo (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Tcheky Karyo"
"Techky Karyo"
"צ'קי קאריו"
"Baruh Djaki Karyo"
Tchéky Karyo frequently works together with these people:
Matthieu Warter (9x, Crew)
Luc Besson (8x, Crew)
Tom Hanks (7x, Actor)
Zalman King (7x, Crew)
Jan Kounen (5x, Crew)
Juliette Sales (5x, Crew)
Jean-Michel Roux (5x, Crew)
Fabien Suarez (5x, Crew)
Olivier Panchot (5x, Crew)
María Luisa García (5x, Crew)
Jack Williams (5x, Crew)
Serge Bromberg (5x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3760, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024