Tchéky Karyo
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.
Fotos
Películas (120)
Steel Butterfly
2025 · Robert
Faster
2025 · Le Duc
Immortel Nougaro
2024 · interprete
The Killer
2024 · Tessier
Serial Driver
2023 · Jean-Yves Lapick
Una comedia romántica
2022 · Pascal
Fraîche
2022 · Alex
Tell Me Iggy
2022 · Self
The Life Before
2021 · André
Misterio
2021 · Bruno
Christmas Next Door
2021 · Georges, le mari de Nicoletta
Una sirena en París
2020 · Camille
Charon
2020 · L'homme
María Magdalena
2018 · Elisha
Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter
2018 · César
I Didn't Shoot Jesse James
2017 · Bob Ford
Daydreams
2017 · Marc
Wild Tales From The Village
2016 · Narrator
L'araignée rouge
2016 · Simon Delaunay
Belle y Sebastian, la aventura continua
2015 · César
Through the Air
2015 · Armand Cavelle
Les brigands
2015 · Old Man
De guerre lasse
2014 · Armand
Belle y Sebastián
2013 · César
Le Roman d’un trader
2013 · le directeur général
Jappeloup. De padre a hijo
2013 · Marcel Rozier, French team coach
Pieces of Me
2013 · Edern
Morning Star
2012 · Heroy
El viaje extraordinario
2011 · Thanks
Los lioneses
2011 · Serge Suttel
Fuerzas especiales
2011 · Admiral Guezennec
Coup d'éclat
2011 · Mérendon
Requiem for a Killer
2011 · L'Arménien
El camino
2010 · Captain Henri
Entre nosotros
2010 · Walter
A Previous Engagement
2009 · Alex Belmont
A Man and His Dog
2009 · Le guitariste
L'Affaire Bruay-en-Artois
2008 · Le Juge Marceau
Vampire Party
2008 · Le duc de Journiac
The Resistance: Live Free or Die
2008 · Narrator (voice)
Les Cerfs-volants
2007 · Ambroise
Boxes
2007 · Jean
El destino de Nunik
2007 · Aram
La masseria delle allodole
2007 · Aram
Jacquou the Rebel
2007 · Le chevalier
Profanación
2006 · Vincent Cochet
S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre
2005 · Louis Routier
D'Artagnan y los tres mosqueteros
2005 · Le cardinal de Richelieu
Old Goriot
2004 · Vautrin
Amor eterno
2004 · Captain Favour
Ne quittez pas !
2004 · Raveu
Robando vidas
2004 · Leclair
Blueberry: La experiencia secreta
2004 · Uncle
El núcleo
2003 · Serge
Utopia
2003 · Hervé
El buen ladrón
2003 · Roger
El beso del dragón
2001 · Richard
La Pasión del Rey
2000 · Molière
El patriota
2000 · Jean Villeneuve
El jardín de la alegría
2000 · Jacques Chevalier
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
1999 · Jean de Dunois
My Life So Far
1999 · Gabriel Chenoux
Like a Fish Out of Water
1999 · B. B.
Wing Commander
1999 · Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart
Babel
1999 · Nemrod
Let There Be Light!
1998 · Harper
The Thousand Wonders of the Universe
1997 · Professor Larsen
Dobermann
1997 · Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini
Addicted to Love
1997 · Anton
Habitat
1997 · Hank Symes
Les liens du cœur
1996 · Silas Marner
To Have and to Hold
1996 · Jack
Hotel Rome
1996 · Federale Apolloni
Foreign Land
1996 · Kraft
Passage to Paradise
1996 · Renato
Follow Your Heart
1996 · Ernesto
GoldenEye
1995 · Dmitri Mishkin
Operation Dumbo Drop
1995 · Goddard
Crying Freeman
1995 · Detective Netah
Bad Boys
1995 · Fouchet
Moon Shadow
1995 · Lorenzo
Zadoc and Happiness
1995 · Zadoc
The Black Angel
1994 · Paul Delorme
Nostradamus
1994 · Nostradamus
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
1994 · Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist
Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick
1993 · Phillip (archive footage)
And the Band Played On
1993 · Dr. Willy Rozenbaum
L'Atlantide
1992 · Lieutenant Morhange
Sketch Artist
1992 · Paul Korbel
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 · Martín Alonso Pinzón
On Guard
1992 · Jean Vergier
Too Close to the Gods
1992 · Henri Georges
Isabelle Eberhardt
1991 · Slimene
Husbands and Lovers
1991 · Paolo
High Art
1991 · Hermes, the Knife master
Vincent and Me
1990 · Vincent van Gogh
La fille des collines
1990 · Vincent
Au coeur de Nikita
1990 · Self
Nikita
1990 · Bob
Corps perdus
1990 · Eric Desange
Australia
1989 · Julian Pierson
The Bear
1988 · Tom
Sorceress
1987 · Etienne de Bourbon
Spiral
1987 · Kino
États d'âme
1986 · Bertrand
Blue Hell
1986 · Franck
L'unique
1986 · Michel
Grottenolm
1985 · Gerome Holm
Mad Love
1985 · Micky
Le Matelot 512
1984 · The scarred one / André
Full Moon in Paris
1984 · Remi
Rita Ritter
1984 · Man
The Outsider
1983 · Francis Pierron
Shadow Dance
1983 · Xavier
La Balance
1982 · Petrovic
Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!
1982
Toute une nuit
1982
The Return of Martin Guerre
1982 · Augustin
The Sword of Thyrus
· Maardin
Berlin Berlin
Series (27)
La Terre et le Sang
2026 · Charles Luciani
Boat Story
2023 · The Tailor
Conexiones
2023 · Francis Miller
Forest of the Missing
2022 · Franz Agerland
I3P
2022 · Paul Arkan
Las combatientes
2022 · Général Duvernet
Possessions
2020 · Joël, Yoel
The Eddy
2020 · Daniel Perrin
ZeroZeroZero
2020 · François Salvage
El nombre de la rosa
2019 · Pope John XXII
Baptiste
2019 · Julien Baptiste
War on Beasts
2018 · Serge Tokarev
Genius: Einstein
2017 · Henri Rousseau
Sección Zero
2016 · Franck Varnove
Folie passagère
2015 · Self
Top Gear France
2015 · Self - Guest
The Missing
2014 · Julien Baptiste
No Limit
2012 · Franck Koskas
The Unexpected Getaway
2012 · Self
The Accursed Kings
2005 · Philippe le Bel
D'Artagnan y los tres mosqueteros
2005 · Le cardinal de Richelieu
Kaamelott
2005 · Manius Macrinus Firmus
Arabian Nights
2000 · Black Coda
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · George Melies
Red Shoe Diaries
1992 · Phillip
Les Nuls, l'émission
1990 · Self - Guest
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self