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Biography
This handsome Turkish-born actor is one of France's most popular stage and screen stars, but his vehicles do not always arrive on US shores.
Karyo grew up in Paris, studied acting and by the late 1970s was appearing with the Daniel Sorano Company and the National Theatre of Strasbourg, in both modern and classical roles.
He made his film debut in a supporting role in "The Return of Martin Guerre" (1982), and spent the next few years working his way up to leading roles in such films as "La Balance" (a 1982 detective film), "Le Marginal" (with Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1983), "L'Unique" (a 1985 sci-fi outing), "Le Moine et al Sorciere" (starring in this 1987 historical drama) and "The Bear" (as the dashing but easily-frightened young hunter in this 1988 outdoors epic).
In the Canadian children's film "Vincent and Me" (1990), Karyo played the artist Van Gogh, and co-starred with Peter Coyote in the actioner "Exposure" (1991).
Karyo had his first international hit with his portrayal of Bob, the "secret agent man" who teaches a young punkette (Annie Parillaud) how to be a cool government killer in "La Femme Nikita" (1991).
The multi-lingual actor's roles have taken him all over the globe: Berlin and Tunisia (for "Isabelle Eberhardt", 1991); Rome (for "La Villa del Venerdi", 1991); the Alps (for "L'Affut", 1992).
He had a supporting role in the disappointing epic "1492: The Conquest of Paradise" (1992), and starred as the controversial prognosticator in a multi-national production of "Notradamus" (1994).
In addition to his European work, Karyo has taken an apartment in Los Angeles and has been pursuing American films. In 1995 alone, he appeared as a sinister drug lord in the comedy "Bad Boys", as a hapless soldier in the Vietnam elephant film "Operation Dumbo Drop" and as a post-Communist Russian in the latest James Bond flick, "GoldenEye".
He also co-starred as Meg Ryan's cheating lover in "Addicted to Love" (1997).
Another (1997) film "Dobermann" in which he plays Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini.
"Mille merveilles de l'univers, Les" (1997) as Professor Larsen aka "The Thousand Wonders of the Universe"
Being a busy boy in (1998) with: "Que la lumière soit" as the character Harper aka "Let There Be Light"
Swiftly followed by "Passaggio per il paradiso"(1998) as Renato which was aka "Gentle Into the Night"
Switching to the small screen "From the Earth to the Moon" (mini) TV Series playing George Melies.
(1999) was another just as busy year with "My Life So Far" as character Gabriel Chenoux. Then came "Comme un poisson hors de l'eau" (1999) playing B.B. aka "Like a Fish Out of Water". "Babel" as character Nemrod closely followed by "Wing Commander" (1999) playing Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart.
The next controversial film soon arrived "Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc, The (1999) playing a memorable Dunois.
Unrelenting into the year (2000) we soon get
"Roi danse, Le" playing Molière which is aka
"The King Is Dancing". The big smash of the year was "The Patriot" playing the brave Jean Villeneuve.
Jumping briefly over to the small screen for: "Arabian Nights" (TV) playing Black Coda. Then back onto the big screen for "Saving Grace" (2000) as Jacques Chevalier the French Businessman/Drug Dealer.
You could call (2001) a slow year for Tcheky with only
"Kiss of the Dragon" being released that year where we are presented with the dangerous Richard..
Another quiet year in (2002) with only "Cinemagique" in which he plays a Knight and " The Good Thief" as policeman Roger being released.
And so we reach our current year of release (2003) with "The Core" playing Dr. Serge Leveque with "Utopía" as character Hervé. "10 petits blêmes" is still in production where he plays the character Carl.
Looking forward we can see:
"Un long dimanche de fiançailles" (2004) (filming)
aka Very Long Engagement, A (2004) (International: English title) (USA)
"Taking Lives" (2004) (post-production)
"Blueberry" (2004) (completed) The Uncle
aka Adventures of Mike S Blueberry, The (2003) (France: poster title)
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