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Tchéky Karyo is a Turkish-born French actor and musician who is known for playing leading French police investigator Julien Baptiste in the British drama The Missing (2014) and its spin-off series Baptiste (2019). Beginning his career as an actor on stage in classical and contemporary works, he began to work as a character actor in films in the 1980s. He has acted in numerous films by Hollywood and French directors, including Luc Besson.
Birth Name
Baruh Djaki Karyo
Born
Sunday, 04 October 1953
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Vicky and Her Mystery | Bruno | 2021 |
| Christmas Next Door | Georges | 2021 |
| Possessions | Yoel | 2020 |
| The Eddy | Daniel Perrin | 2020 |
| Mermaid in Paris | Camille | 2020 |
| ZeroZeroZero | François Salvage | 2020 |
| The Name of the Rose | Papa Giovanni XXII | 2019 |
| Baptiste | Julien Baptiste | 2019 |
| War on Beasts | Serge Tokarev | 2018 |
| Mary Magdalene | Elisha | 2018 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Vicky and Her Mystery | Bruno | 2021 |
| Christmas Next Door | Georges | 2021 |
| Possessions | Yoel | 2020 |
| The Eddy | Daniel Perrin | 2020 |
| Mermaid in Paris | Camille | 2020 |
| ZeroZeroZero | François Salvage | 2020 |
| The Name of the Rose | Papa Giovanni XXII | 2019 |
| Baptiste | Julien Baptiste | 2019 |
| War on Beasts | Serge Tokarev | 2018 |
| Mary Magdalene | Elisha | 2018 |
| Belle and Sebastian, Friends for Life | César | 2018 |
| Genius | Henri Rousseau | 2017 |
| Daydreams | Marc | 2017 |
| Section Zéro | Franck Varnove | 2016 |
| Belle & Sebastian: The Adventure Continues | César | 2015 |
| Through the Air | Armand Cavelle | 2015 |
| Top Gear France | Self | 2015 |
| Les brigands | Old Man | 2015 |
| The Missing | Julien Baptiste | 2014 |
| De guerre lasse | Armand | 2014 |
| Belle & Sebastian | César | 2013 |
| Jappeloup | Marcel Rozier | 2013 |
| L'étoile du jour | Heroy | 2012 |
| No Limit | Koskas, Koskas (credit only) | 2012 |
| Pieces of Me | Edern | 2012 |
| Les Lyonnais | Serge Suttel | 2011 |
| Special Forces | Amiral Guezennec / Admiral Guezennec | 2011 |
| Fabienne | Le commissaire Mérendon / Mérendon | 2011 |
| Requiem for a Killer | l'Arménien | 2011 |
| The Way | Captain Henri | 2010 |
| Among Us | Walter | 2010 |
| A Man and His Dog | Guitariste parc | 2009 |
| Vampire Party | Le Duc de Journiac | 2008 |
| A Previous Engagement | Alex Belmont | 2008 |
| Boxes | Jean | 2007 |
| Jacquou le croquant | Le chevalier | 2007 |
| The Lark Farm | Aram | 2007 |
| The Gravedancers | Vincent Cochet | 2006 |
| A Cursed Monarchy | Philippe le Bel | 2005 |
| Kaamelott | Manius Macrinus Firmus | 2005 |
| A Very Long Engagement | Capitaine Favourier | 2004 |
| Ne quittez pas! | Raveu, le banquier / Raveu | 2004 |
| Taking Lives | Leclair | 2004 |
| Renegade | Uncle | 2004 |
| The Core | Serge | 2003 |
| The Good Thief | Roger | 2003 |
| CinéMagique | Knight / The Knight | 2002 |
| Kiss of the Dragon | Insp. Richard | 2001 |
| The King Is Dancing | Molière | 2000 |
| The Patriot | Jean Villeneuve | 2000 |
| Saving Grace | Jacques / Jacques Chevalier | 2000 |
| Arabian Nights | Black Coda | 2000 |
| The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc | Dunois / Jean de Dunois | 1999 |
| My Life So Far | Gabriel Chenoux | 1999 |
| Comme un poisson hors de l'eau | B. B. / B.B. | 1999 |
| Wing Commander | Commodore James 'Paladin' Taggart / Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart | 1999 |
| Babel | Nemrod | 1999 |
| Let There Be Light | Harper | 1998 |
| Passage to Paradise | Renato | 1998 |
| From the Earth to the Moon | George Melies | 1998 |
| Dobermann | Commissaire Sauveur Cristini / Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini | 1997 |
| Addicted to Love | Anton | 1997 |
| Habitat | Hank Symes | 1997 |
| Foreign Land | Kraft | 1996 |
| Va' dove ti porta il cuore | Ernesto | 1996 |
| To Have & to Hold | Jack | 1996 |
| GoldenEye | Dimitri Mishkin / Defense Minister Dmitri Mishkin | 1995 |
| Operation Dumbo Drop | Goddard | 1995 |
| Crying Freeman | Detective Netah | 1995 |
| Bad Boys | Fouchet | 1995 |
| Moon Shadow | Lorenzo | 1995 |
| L'ange noir | Paul Delorme | 1994 |
| Nostradamus | Nostradamus | 1994 |
| Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy | M. Jacques, le projectionniste #1 / Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist | 1994 |
| And the Band Played On | Dr. Willy Rozenbaum | 1993 |
| Taratata | Self | 1993 |
| L'Atlantide | Lieutenant Morhange | 1992 |
| 1492: Conquest of Paradise | Pinzon / Martín Alonso Pinzón | 1992 |
| Red Shoe Diaries | Phillip | 1992 |
| Sketch Artist | Paul Korbel | 1992 |
| Isabelle Eberhardt | Slimene | 1991 |
| Husbands and Lovers | Paolo | 1991 |
| A Grande Arte | Hermes / Hermes, the Knife master | 1991 |
| Vincent and Me | Vincent Van Gogh | 1990 |
| Nikita | Bob | 1990 |
| Australia | Julien Pierson | 1989 |
| The Bear | Tom | 1988 |
| Sorceress | Etienne de Bourbon | 1987 |
| Spiral | Kino | 1987 |
| L'amour braque | Micky | 1985 |
| Full Moon in Paris | Remi | 1984 |
| Le Marginal | Francis Pierron | 1983 |
| La balance | Petrovic | 1982 |
| Que les gros salaires lèvent le doigt! | 1982 | |
| The Return of Martin Guerre | Augustin | 1982 |
