US EditionBBC actor shares heartbreaking statement following the death of family member
- On Friday, Tchôky Karyo's family told AFP he had died at age 72 and said he had `succumbed to cancer this Friday, October 31`.
- Born in Istanbul, Turkey, in 1953, Tchôky Karyo started on stage and performed at the Avignon Festival before entering French cinema in the 1980s.
- His fluency in several languages led to international roles, including Ridley Scott's 1492, and he appeared in major films like Jean Jacques Annaud's The Bear.
- Often cast in supporting roles, Tchéky Karyo remained a regular presence in French cinema and international television, including Walter Salles' 1995 thriller Foreign Land.
- In 2017 Karyo reflected that `This job has helped me become a better man...` and he posed at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival in 2014, showing ongoing festival presence.
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Tchéky Karyo, star of 'GoldenEye' and 'The Missing,' dies at 72
The Turkish-born French actor also appeared in "Bad Boys," "Addicted to Love," "La Femme Nikita," "Nostradamus," "The Patriot," and "The Core." LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Tchéky Karyo in July 2022Tchéky Karyo, the character actor who starred in Goldeneye and played the lead detective on the series The Missing, has died.The Turkish-born French actor died Friday following a battle with cancer, his family told news agency the Agence France=Presse."…
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Tchéky Karyo Dead at 72 as Tributes Pour in for ‘The Missing’ Actor
The French actor portrayed detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC series and its spinoff, 'Baptiste.'
He was one of the most charismatic supporting actors of cinema. In films like »Nikita« or »Bad Boys« Tchéky Karyo impersonated evil with the greatest elegance. Now he died at the age of 72.
The well-known actor Tchéky Karyo died at the age of 72. He succumbed to his cancer. He became known through roles in cult films such as "Nikita".
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