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Tchéky Karyo, born Baruh Djaki Karyo in Istanbul in 1953, was a French and Turkish singer and actor. He worked in film, television, and theatre, with a career spanning from 1982 to 2025. Karyo was a male who spoke French and English, with French as his native language. He held citizenship in both France and Turkey.
He was married to Isabelle Pasco and had two children. Among his notable roles, he portrayed Vincent van Gogh. Karyo received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award. He died of cancer in Quimper on October 31, 2025, with natural causes recorded as the manner of death.
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Film & TV
Istanbul, Turkey
Tchéky Karyo was a Turkish-born French actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tchéky Karyo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Faster — Le Duc2025
- Steel Butterfly — Robert2025
- The Killer — Tessier2024
- Immortel Nougaro — interprete2024
- Serial Driver — Jean-Yves Lapick2023
- Liaison — Francis Miller2023
- Boat Story — The Tailor2023
- Romantique — Pascal2022
- Tell Me Iggy — Self2022
- Fraîche — Alex2022
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1953
- Active to
- 2025
Discography
- Ce lien qui nous unit2006
- Credo2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 19
- Total plays
- 109
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Key facts
- Born
- Baruh Djaki Karyo , ( 1953-10-04 ) 4 October 1953, Istanbul , Turkey
- Died
- 31 October 2025 (2025-10-31) (aged 72), Quimper , France
- Occupations
- Actor musician
- Years active
- 1982–2025
- Spouses
- Isabelle Pasco ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1995 , divorced ) Valérie Keruzoré ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2002 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Baruch
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Turkey
- Place of birth
- Istanbul
- Place of death
- Quimper
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Field of work
- singing
- Image
- Tchéky Karyo 1992.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
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- Commons category
- Tchéky Karyo
- date of birth
- 1953-10-04
- birth name
- Baruh Djaki Karyo
- name in native language
- Tchéky Karyo
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- social media followers
- 13622
- notable role
- Vincent van Gogh
- date of death
- 2025-10-31
- end of work period
- 2025-00-00
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Tchéky Karyo ( French: [tʃeki kɑʁjo]; born Baruh Djaki Karyo; 4 October 1953 – 31 October 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.
His film credits include La Femme Nikita, Vincent and Me, Nostradamus, Crying Freeman, Bad Boys, GoldenEye, The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The Patriot and Kiss of the Dragon. His television roles include Dr. Willy Rozenbaum in the HBO film And the Band Played On, Georges Méliès in the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon, and French detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC crime drama The Missing, and its spin-off series Baptiste (2019–21).
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