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Tchéky Karyo

Actor

Tchéky Karyo

Acting
1983 — 2024 · 33 films
Lived
4 October 1953 — d. 2025
From
Istanbul, Turkey

Tchéky Karyo was a Turkish-born French actor.

Career Signature

How Tchéky Karyo’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they acted in.

crowd-pleaser
bittersweet
kinetic urgency
melancholy beauty
friendship and loss

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every acted-in film.

Tonal kin

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Filmography

The Killer

2024

Serial Driver

2023

Vicky and Her Mystery

2021

A Mermaid in Paris

2020

Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter

2018

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

2015

Jappeloup

2013

Belle and Sebastian

2013

A Gang Story

2011

The Way

2010

Jacquou the Rebel

2007

The Gravedancers

2006

Taking Lives

2004

The Good Thief

2003

The Core

2003

Kiss of the Dragon

2001

The Patriot

2000

Saving Grace

2000

The King Is Dancing

2000

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

Wing Commander

1999

Addicted to Love

1997

Dobermann

1997

Foreign Land

1996

GoldenEye

1995

Crying Freeman

1995

Bad Boys

1995

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

Nikita

1990

The Bear

1988

Mad Love

1985

Full Moon in Paris

1984

The Outsider

1983