Tchéky Karyo
| Tchéky Karyo | |
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 Karyo at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival |
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| Born | 4 October 1953 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Years active | 1982 – present |
| Spouse | Isabelle Pasco (divorced) |
Tchéky Karyo (French pronunciation: [tʃeki kɑʁˈjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; October 4, 1953) is a Turkish-born French actor and musician.
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[edit] Early life
Karyo was born in Istanbul to a Greek mother and Sephardic-Jewish father[1][2] and raised in Paris, France.[3] He studied drama at the Cyrano Theatre and later became a member of the Daniel Sorano Company, playing many classical roles.
[edit] Career
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After that, he joined the National Theatre of Strasbourg, starring in both contemporary and classical plays. Karyo found success in French films during 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 Nikita, in which he played the heroine's spy mentor.
He has participated in many Hollywood movies, often portraying a French character, in the same fashion as Jean Reno. He has acted in prominent roles in major successful historic war films. Laudable performances include his performance as a vengeful French officer alongside Mel Gibson in The Patriot and his role as Jean de Dunois 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.
[edit] Awards
He was nominated for a César Award for Best Actor for his role in La Balance, and received the Jean Gabin Prize in 1986 in recognition of his talent.
[edit] Personal life
He was married to Isabelle Pasco.
[edit] Filmography as actor
- Le Retour de Martin Guerre (1982)
- Toute une nuit (1982)
- Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt!!! (1982)
- La Balance (1982)
- Le Marginal (1983)
- La Java des ombres (1983)
- Les Nuits de la pleine lune (1984)
- Le Matelot 512 (1984)
- L'Air du crime (1984)
- L'Amour braque (1985)
- Grottenolm (1985)
- Contes clandestins (1985)
- L'Unique (1986)
- Bleu comme l'enfer (1986)
- États d'âme (1986)
- Le Moine et la sorcière (1987)
- Spirale (1987)
- L'Ours (1988)
- La Maison dans la dune (1988)
- Australia (1989)
- Corps perdus (1990)
- Nikita (1990)
- La Fille des collines (1990)
- Vincent and Me (1990)
- A Grande Arte (1991)
- L'Affût (1992)
- La Villa del venerdì (1992)
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- Isabelle Eberhardt (1992)
- L'Atlantide (1992)
- Trop près des Dieux (1992)
- And the Band Played On (1993)
- La Cité de la peur: une comédie familiale (1994)
- Nostradamus (1994)
- L'Ange noir (1994)
- Innocent Obsession (1994)
- Zadoc et le bonheur (1995)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
- Crying Freeman (1995)
- GoldenEye (1995)
- Colpo di luna (1995)
- Terra Estrangeira (1996)
- Albergo Roma (1996)
- To Have and to Hold (1996)
- Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996)
- Habitat (1997)
- Addicted to Love (1997)
- Dobermann (1997)
- Les Mille merveilles de l'univers (1997)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) - HBO miniseries
- Passaggio per il paradiso (1998)
- Que la lumière soit (1998)
- Babel (1999)
- Comme un poisson hors de l'eau (1999)
- My Life So Far (1999)
- Wing Commander (film) (Taggart) (1999)
- The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
- Arabian Nights (2000)
- Saving Grace (2000)
- The Patriot (2000)
- Le Roi danse (2000)
- Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) - uncredited, man on photo in Nino's photo album
- Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
- The Good Thief (2002)
- Cinemagique (2002)
- Utopía (2003)
- The Core (2003)
- Blueberry (2004)
- Taking Lives (2004)
- Tempesta (2004)
- Ne quittez pas! (2004)
- Un long dimanche de fiançailles (2004)
- The Gravedancers (2005)
- Jacquou le croquant (2006)
- Boxes (2007)
- The Lark Farm (2007)
- La Masseria Delle Allodole (2007)
- A Man and His Dog (2009)
- Kaamelott - Livre VI (2009)
- The Way (2010)
- Änglavakt (2010)
- Requiem pour une tueuse (2011)
- Coup d'éclat (2011)
- Forces spéciales (2011)
[edit] Music videos
[edit] References
- ^ "Comme dans la chanson - A Athènes avec L'Internaute Télé" (in French). http://programme-tv.linternaute.com/9112-comme-dans-la-chanson/196299-a-athenes/. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ Corinne Renou-Nativel. "Doux comme un Turc - Brève rencontre avec... Tcheky Karyo - Corinne Renou-Nativel - Les uns, les autres - nouvelobs.com" (in French). Hebdo.nouvelobs.com. http://hebdo.nouvelobs.com/sommaire/les-uns-les-autres/003413/doux-comme-un-turc.html. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ "Tcheky Karyo Biography (1953-)". Filmreference.com. 1953-10-04. http://www.filmreference.com/film/83/Tcheky-Karyo.html. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
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- Living people
- 20th-century French people
- 21st-century French people
- French film actors
- Turkish film actors
- Greek film actors
- Jewish actors
- Turkish people of Jewish descent
- Turkish people of Greek descent
- French people of Jewish descent
- French people of Greek descent
- French people of Turkish descent
- People from Istanbul
- Actors from Paris
