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Tchéky Karyo
at ECI Global Talent Management {{DEFAULTSORT:Karyo, Tcheky 1953 births Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors Musicians from Istanbul Male actors from Istanbul Turkish emigrants to France Turkish Sephardi Jews French people of Greek-Jewish descent French people of Turkish-Jewish descent French people of Turkish descent Jewish French male actors Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Tchéky Karyo (; 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
crime drama '' The Missing'', and its spin-off series '' Baptiste'' (2019-2021).
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. His performance in the 1982 film ''La Balance
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His film credits include '' La Femme Nikita'', '' Vincent and Me'', ''Nostradamus
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'', '' Bad Boys'', ''GoldenEye
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'', '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc'', '' The Patriot'' and ''Kiss of the Dragon
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''. His television roles include Dr. Willy Rozenbaum in the HBO film ''And the Band Played On
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...Early life
He was named Baruch Djaki Karyo at birth in 1953 inIstanbul
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, Turkey; his mother was Greek Jewish and his father was from a Turkish Jewish family with ancestral roots in Spain ( Sephardic Jewish). When he was young, his family moved to Paris, France, where he grew up. He attended the Parisian secondary school Lycée Arago (Paris)
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History
Built in 1880, the lycée Arago started as a higher p ...
. 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. The spelling of his name, Djaki, was changed to Tchéky in a form of French transliteration.
Career
Karyo joined theNational Theatre of Strasbourg
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, where he starred in both contemporary and classical plays. He found success in French films beginning in the 1980s, first as a character actor. He later appeared in leading roles in several notable films, such as '' The Bear'', in which he played one of the hunters, and director Luc Besson
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's '' La Femme Nikita'', in which he played the heroine's spy mentor.
He has appeared in many Hollywood movies, often portraying a French character, in the same fashion as Jean Reno
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. His movie credits include 1994's ''Nostradamus
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'' in which he plays the famous French prophet, and 1995's '' Bad Boys'' opposite Will Smith
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and Martin Lawrence
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in which he plays a criminal named Fouchet. He also appeared alongside Jet Li
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After three years o ...
in ''Kiss of the Dragon
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'' (2001) as a corrupt and violent Paris police detective. He has acted in prominent roles in major films set during wartime. Such performances include his acting as a vengeful French officer alongside Mel Gibson
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in ''The Patriot'' (2000), set during the American Revolutionary War
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, and his role as Jean de Dunois
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in '' The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc''. In the DVD edition of ''The Patriot'', Karyo overdubbed his own lines on the French-language track. He appeared in Martin Sheen
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's film '' The Way'' (2010) as Captain Henri.
In 2014 and 2016 Karyo appeared as Julien Baptiste in the acclaimed BBC One
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/ Starz drama series '' The Missing''. He has received critical praise for his performance. In April 2018, it was confirmed that Karyo would reprise his Baptiste role in a spin-off series titled '' Baptiste'', to be written by Jack and Harry Williams. The first six-episode series began on BBC One on 17 February 2019, with a second series beginning on 18 July 2021.
In 2018, Karyo appeared as Elisha in '' Mary Magdalene'', written by Helen Edmundson and directed by Garth Davis
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.
Karyo is also a musician and songwriter. In 2006 he released the album ''Ce lien qui nous unit'' (English: "The link that binds us"), and released ''Credo'' in 2013 on his 60th birthday.
Awards
In 1982, He was nominated for aCésar Award for Most Promising Actor
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for his role in ''La Balance
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* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
''. In 1986, he was awarded the Jean Gabin
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Prize in recognition of his acting performances.
Selected filmography
Music videos
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* 2005 "L'avenir est à nous" Kool Shen
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& Dadoo (directed by J.G Biggs)
References
External links
*Tchéky Karyo
at ECI Global Talent Management {{DEFAULTSORT:Karyo, Tcheky 1953 births Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French male film actors Musicians from Istanbul Male actors from Istanbul Turkish emigrants to France Turkish Sephardi Jews French people of Greek-Jewish descent French people of Turkish-Jewish descent French people of Turkish descent Jewish French male actors Officiers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres