Tchéky Karyo

Tchéky Karyo

1953-10-04 Istanbul, Turkey 119 Credits

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Tchéky Karyo (born October 4, 1953) is a Turkish-born French actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tchéky Karyo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Steel Butterfly

Steel Butterfly

2025

as Robert

Acting

Robert, an aging clock-maker, longs to reconnect with his son César in his final days. As César senses the atelier's stopped clocks hold a deeper mean...

Faster

Faster

2025

as Le Duc

5.6
Acting

A former racer returns to the sport through a racing academy, where she meets Will. As they fall for each other, they become rivals competing for the ...

Immortel Nougaro

Immortel Nougaro

2024

as interprete

Acting
The Killer

The Killer

2024

as Tessier

6.4
Acting

Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by...

Serial Driver

Serial Driver

2023

as Jean-Yves Lapick

5.9
Acting

Pauline has her own way of doing road safety: as a trainer in a point recovery center during the day, she becomes a serial killer of drivers at night.

Romantique

Romantique

2022

as Pascal

4.9
Acting

After disappearing overnight, a man reappears and discovers that he is the father of a little girl. This time he will do his best.

Tell Me Iggy

Tell Me Iggy

2022

as Self

8.0
Acting

This new intimate documentary looks at the extraordinary journey of the 75-year-old American rocker, who has come back from everything, and especially...

The Life Before

The Life Before

2021

as André

Acting

A French short film about a harrowed father-daughter relationship

Vicky and Her Mystery

Vicky and Her Mystery

2021

as Bruno

7.1
Acting

Stéphane decides to move to the beautiful mountains of Cantal in order to reconnect with his 8-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has been silent since ...

Christmas Next Door

Christmas Next Door

2021

as Georges, le mari de Nicoletta

7.1
Acting

On Christmas Eve, we want everything to be perfect, yet things often go sideways. The holidays are a reality check for everyone, whether life is looki...

A Mermaid in Paris

A Mermaid in Paris

2020

as Camille

6.6
Acting

A man rescues a mermaid in Paris and slowly falls in love with her.

Charon

Charon

2020

as L'homme

Acting
Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

2018

as Elisha

6.3
Acting

In the first century, free-spirited Mary Magdalene flees the marriage her family has arranged for her, finding refuge and a sense of purpose in a radi...

Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter

Belle and Sebastian 3: The Last Chapter

2018

as César

6.6
Acting

12 year-old Sebastian has decided not to follow his father and Angelina to Canada, deciding to stay in the alps to watch over Belle who has now become...

I Didn't Shoot Jesse James

I Didn't Shoot Jesse James

2017

as Bob Ford

4.0
Acting

Some of the most well-worn tropes of the American western are upended in this delightfully deadpan tale starring the great Tchéky Karyo as a world-wea...

Daydreams

Daydreams

2017

as Marc

4.9
Acting

Axèle is a photographer, Camille is a writer. They have been awarded an arts residency at the Villa Medicis in Rome. Camille is accompanied by her hus...

Wild Tales From The Village

Wild Tales From The Village

2016

as Narrator

7.7
Acting

A year in the life of an extraordinary village hidden away in the French countryside.

L'araignée rouge

L'araignée rouge

2016

as Simon Delaunay

Acting
Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues

2015

as César

6.9
Acting

September, 1945. Sebastian impatiently waits for the return of his friend Angelina, whom he has not seen for two years. When the plane carrying the yo...

Through the Air

Through the Air

2015

as Armand Cavelle

5.5
Acting

Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problem...

Les brigands

Les brigands

2015

as Old Man

4.0
Acting

Karl Escher, the son of a prominent banker, was accused of embezzlement and forgery at the bank and went to prison for three years. After his release,...

De guerre lasse

De guerre lasse

2014

as Armand

5.3
Acting

Alex, the son of a gang boss from Marseilles, joins the French Foreign Legion to avoid a hit put out on him by the Corsican Mafia. Four years later, A...

Belle and Sebastian

Belle and Sebastian

2013

as César

6.9
Acting

Belle and Sebastian is set high in the snowy Alps during the Second World War. The resourceful Sebastian is a lonely boy who tames and befriends a gia...

Le Roman d’un trader

Le Roman d’un trader

2013

as le directeur général

Acting
Jappeloup

Jappeloup

2013

as Marcel Rozier, French team coach

7.1
Acting

A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star ...

Pieces of Me

Pieces of Me

2013

as Edern

5.0
Acting

A crazy father old before his time, a tyrannical, sick mother, a sister who disappeared four years ago and me, Erell, who films everything, all the ti...

Morning Star

Morning Star

2012

as Heroy

3.5
Acting

A small circus arrives in a coastal area of the North Sea: the place looks rather eerie and the audience is quite scarce. But despite all of this, the...

The Extraordinary Voyage

The Extraordinary Voyage

2011

Thanks

7.8

An account of the extraordinary life of film pioneer Georges Méliès (1861-1938) and the amazing story of the copy in color of his masterpiece A Trip t...

A Gang Story

A Gang Story

2011

as Serge Suttel

6.8
Acting

After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of al...

Special Forces

Special Forces

2011

as Admiral Guezennec

6.7
Acting

Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched t...

Coup d'éclat

Coup d'éclat

2011

as Mérendon

4.9
Acting

Fabienne is a police officer. She does her job well but is gradually growing tired of the dehumanized nature of her work : arresting undocumented alie...

Requiem for a Killer

Requiem for a Killer

2011

as L'Arménien

5.0
Acting

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Sw...

The Way

The Way

2010

as Captain Henri

7.1
Acting

When his son dies while hiking the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in the Pyrenees, Tom flies to France to claim the remains. Looking for in...

Among Us

Among Us

2010

as Walter

6.2
Acting

An accident overthrows Ernst and Cecilia's well-ordered life. Chance rules in Ernst's rational world while Cecilia is searching for a deeper meaning i...

A Previous Engagement

A Previous Engagement

2009

as Alex Belmont

4.1
Acting

When Julia Reynolds talks her husband into a family vacation in Malta she has a secret agenda: a date made twenty-five years earlier with her first lo...

A Man and His Dog

A Man and His Dog

2009

as Le guitariste

6.0
Acting

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means.

L'Affaire Bruay-en-Artois

L'Affaire Bruay-en-Artois

2008

as Le Juge Marceau

4.7
Acting
Vampire Party

Vampire Party

2008

as Le duc de Journiac

4.9
Acting

Best friends and hardcore partiers Sam, Alice and Prune have scored invitations to 'Medici Night', the legendary VIP bash held every year at a remote ...

The Resistance: Live Free or Die

2008

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

La Résistance , is a French television film (docu-fiction) in 2 parts: First part: Live free or die and a Second part: When it was necessary to save t...

Les Cerfs-volants

Les Cerfs-volants

2007

as Ambroise

8.5
Acting

Normandy, 1934. Ludo, raised by his uncle Ambroise, a kite maker, befriends little Lila. For five years he loses sight of her, but when they meet agai...

Boxes

Boxes

2007

as Jean

5.3
Acting

Anna, 50 years old, moves into her new house. Rooms are full of boxes which contain a lot of things and plenty of memories. Anna has lived many lives ...

The Lark Farm

The Lark Farm

2007

as Aram

6.1
Acting

The Lark Farm is set in a small Turkish town in 1915. It deals with the genocide of Armenians, looking closely at the fortunes, or rather, misfortunes...

Jacquou the Rebel

Jacquou the Rebel

2007

as Le chevalier

6.6
Acting

In 1815, young Jacquou lives an idyllic peasant life with his parents in the Périgord region of France. But one day, his childhood happiness is cruel...

The Gravedancers

The Gravedancers

2006

as Vincent Cochet

5.7
Acting

After a night of drunken exploits, Allison, Harris, and Kira are chased and terrorized by the ghosts of a child pyromaniac, an ax murderer, and a rapi...

S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

S.A.C. : Des hommes dans l'ombre

2005

as Louis Routier

7.5
Acting
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers

2005

as Le cardinal de Richelieu

5.2
Acting

Exile and possibly death are in the cards for the Queen of France in this edgy cloak-and-dagger adventure based on Alexandre Dumas' unrivaled tale of ...

Old Goriot

Old Goriot

2004

as Vautrin

4.4
Acting

A poor but ambitious young man arrives in Paris and settles down in the boarding house run by Madame Vauquer. He soon gets to know the guests: Victori...

A Very Long Engagement

A Very Long Engagement

2004

as Captain Favour

7.3
Acting

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. ...

Ne quittez pas !

Ne quittez pas !

2004

as Raveu

6.5
Acting

Félix Mandel, an internationally renowned astrophysicist, is married with a four-year-old son and often has his head in the clouds.

Taking Lives

Taking Lives

2004

as Leclair

6.4
Acting

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scot...

Renegade

Renegade

2004

as Uncle

4.8
Acting

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily ad...

The Core

The Core

2003

as Serge

5.8
Acting

Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapid...

Utopia

Utopia

2003

as Hervé

5.5
Acting

Adrian (Leonardo Sbaraglia) is a young man who has spent years running away from himself, constantly changing city and work, looking for people to rel...

The Good Thief

The Good Thief

2002

as Roger

6.1
Acting

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.

Kiss of the Dragon

Kiss of the Dragon

2001

as Richard

6.9
Acting

Liu Jian, an elite Chinese police officer, comes to Paris to arrest a Chinese drug lord. When Jian is betrayed by a French officer and framed for murd...

The King Is Dancing

The King Is Dancing

2000

as Molière

6.6
Acting

Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and...

The Patriot

The Patriot

2000

as Jean Villeneuve

7.2
Acting

After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the s...

Saving Grace

Saving Grace

2000

as Jacques Chevalier

6.5
Acting

Unexpectedly widowed, prim and proper housewife Grace Trevethyn finds herself in dire financial straits when she inherits massive debts her late husba...

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

1999

as Jean de Dunois

6.4
Acting

In 1429, a French teenager stood before her King with a message she claimed came from God; that she would defeat the world's greatest army and liberat...

My Life So Far

My Life So Far

1999

as Gabriel Chenoux

5.7
Acting

A memoir of the lives of a family growing up on a post World War I British estate headed up by a strong disciplinarian, her daughter, her inventor hus...

Like a Fish Out of Water

Like a Fish Out of Water

1999

as B. B.

4.8
Acting

A seductive femme fatale (Monica Bellucci) and two con men -- one cool as ice, and one who just likes to "ice" his victims -- enlist a mild-mannered, ...

Wing Commander

Wing Commander

1999

as Cmmdre. James 'Paladin' Taggart

4.8
Acting

In the mid-27th century, the Terran Confederation is at war with the vicious alien Kilrathi Empire. When the Kilrathi capture a crucial navigational d...

Babel

Babel

1999

as Nemrod

4.3
Acting

An elaborate fantasy tale intended for family audiences, Babel tells the story of the Babels, a strange breed of four-foot-tall creatures who once coe...

Let There Be Light!

Let There Be Light!

1998

as Harper

5.8
Acting

God comes to Earth in order to make a film.

In and Out of Fashion

In and Out of Fashion

1998

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

An biography of William Klein, Parisian-based American photographer which strings together his abstract paintings, mould-breaking reportage, inventive...

The Thousand Wonders of the Universe

The Thousand Wonders of the Universe

1997

as Professor Larsen

4.7
Acting

A science-fiction film centered around planet Earth receiving a coded message from outer space and the subsequent disappearance of 12,000 inhabitants ...

Dobermann

Dobermann

1997

as Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini

6.5
Acting

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robb...

Addicted to Love

Addicted to Love

1997

as Anton

6.1
Acting

Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee...

Habitat

Habitat

1997

as Hank Symes

5.1
Acting

In order to combat the damage caused by the depletion of the ozone layer, maverick biologist Hank Symes unleashes his most ambitious experiment to dat...

Les liens du cœur

1996

as Silas Marner

1.0
Acting
To Have and to Hold

To Have and to Hold

1996

as Jack

4.0
Acting

An Australian widower living in New Guinea starts a relationship with a woman very similar to his much-beloved wife, but their life together turns out...

Albergo Roma

Albergo Roma

1996

as Federale Apolloni

4.9
Acting
Foreign Land

Foreign Land

1996

as Kraft

7.0
Acting

During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ...

Passaggio per il paradiso

Passaggio per il paradiso

1996

as Renato

Acting
Follow Your Heart

Follow Your Heart

1996

as Ernesto

6.2
Acting

The complicated travails of several generations of Italian women provide the basis for this drama that is based on a novel by Susanna Tamaro. It begin...

GoldenEye

GoldenEye

1995

as Dmitri Mishkin

6.9
Acting

When a powerful satellite system falls into the hands of Alec Trevelyan, AKA Agent 006, a former ally-turned-enemy, only James Bond can save the world...

Operation Dumbo Drop

Operation Dumbo Drop

1995

as Goddard

5.2
Acting

Five Green Berets stationed in Vietnam in 1968 grudgingly undertake the mission of a lifetime -- to secretly transport an 8,000-pound elephant through...

Crying Freeman

Crying Freeman

1995

as Detective Netah

6.3
Acting

A lethal assassin for a secret Chinese organisation, who sheds tears of regret each time he kills, is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yak...

Bad Boys

Bad Boys

1995

as Fouchet

6.8
Acting

Marcus Burnett is a henpecked family man. Mike Lowrey is a footloose and fancy free ladies' man. Both Miami policemen, they have 72 hours to reclaim a...

Moon Shadow

Moon Shadow

1995

as Lorenzo

5.8
Acting
Zadoc and Happiness

Zadoc and Happiness

1995

as Zadoc

Acting

Small, hunchbacked and unlucky, Zadoc dreams of finding love. Chased from his village, he is propelled towards the unknown.

The Black Angel

The Black Angel

1994

as Paul Delorme

5.4
Acting

Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her la...

Nostradamus

Nostradamus

1994

as Nostradamus

5.7
Acting

A dramatic retelling of the life of Michel de Nostredame, from his early work as a plague doctor to his time at the court of Catherine de Medici, afte...

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

1994

as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist

7.5
Acting

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, w...

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

Red Shoe Diaries 3: Another Woman's Lipstick

1993

as Phillip (archive footage)

8.7
Acting

Just Like That: A receptionist in a large firm cheats on her voyeuristic lover with a delivery boy who has a crush on her. Another Woman's Lipstick: A...

And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993

as Dr. Willy Rozenbaum

6.5
Acting

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

L'Atlantide

L'Atlantide

1992

as Lieutenant Morhange

5.0
Acting

A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. ...

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1992

as Martín Alonso Pinzón

6.3
Acting

1492: Conquest of Paradise depicts Christopher Columbus’ discovery of The New World and his effect on the indigenous people.

Sketch Artist

Sketch Artist

1992

as Paul Korbel

5.5
Acting

A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willin...

On Guard

On Guard

1992

as Jean Vergier

3.8
Acting

In this earnest drama, a rural schoolteacher who has become a strong advocate for ecological awareness and is a committed opponent of hunting in the l...

Too Close to the Gods

Too Close to the Gods

1992

as Henri Georges

Acting

Ramses is a "life organs" smugler and a millionaire. He wishes to have the tower of Babel rebuilt and hires a detective to find the architect who disa...

Isabelle Eberhardt

Isabelle Eberhardt

1991

as Slimene

5.7
Acting

The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. She moved to Annaba in Algeria in 1897 with her mot...

Husbands and Lovers

Husbands and Lovers

1991

as Paolo

6.7
Acting

Stefan finds that he can no longer tolerate the arrangement of his cheating wife ... he, the husband, gets her during the week and her lover gets her ...

High Art

High Art

1991

as Hermes, the Knife master

4.5
Acting

Peter Mandrake, a North-American photojournalist becomes embroiled in South America's dangerous underworld of pimps, drug gangs and arms smugglers whe...

Vincent and me

Vincent and me

1990

as Vincent van Gogh

5.0
Acting

While sketching one day, 13 year old Jo encounters a mysterious art dealer who buys a few of her drawings and commissions her to do some more. Some ti...

La fille des collines

La fille des collines

1990

as Vincent

8.0
Acting

When Tom returns from the army in the summer of 1958 to his country, the Pyrenees, he never thought he would meet an 18-year-old girl who is causing t...

Au coeur de Nikita

Au coeur de Nikita

1990

as Self

Acting

A documentary that captures some moments on set of filming of Luc Besson's "Nikita".

La Femme Nikita

La Femme Nikita

1990

as Bob

7.1
Acting

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by ...

Corps perdus

Corps perdus

1990

as Eric Desange

5.5
Acting

Set in Buenos Aires. A man is called upon to identify and evaluate an unfinished and enigmatic painting thought to be the work of the famous painter, ...

Australia

Australia

1989

as Julian Pierson

4.5
Acting

Following a stint as a WWII fighter pilot, Belgian-born Edouard falls in love with an Indonesian woman, has a daughter with her and immigrates to Aust...

The Bear

The Bear

1988

as Tom

7.1
Acting

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

Sorceress

Sorceress

1987

as Etienne de Bourbon

5.0
Acting

Dominican friar Etienne de Bourbon visits a 13th-century French village in search of heretics for the Inquisition. Despite the opposition of the local...

Spiral

Spiral

1987

as Kino

3.0
Acting

Whilst spending a few days on the Côte d’Azur with his friends, Jérôme meets Simorre, a strange young woman who will have a profound impact on him. Jé...

États d'âme

États d'âme

1986

as Bertrand

4.0
Acting

In this political drama, five left-leaning friends gradually lose heart in the Socialist government elected in 1981 in France. One of the five men is ...

Blue Hell

Blue Hell

1986

as Franck

6.0
Acting

Ned, a petty criminal, falls into the trap laid by Frank, a sadistic cop who, after having beaten him, takes him home. But Frank's wife Lily helps Ned...

L'Unique

L'Unique

1986

as Michel

Acting

A famous rock singer is being overtaken. Vox, the album and live producer of the singer, prepares a real revolution with the help of a scientist. With...

Grottenolm

1985

as Gerome Holm

Acting

A group of people meet on board an ambulance aircraft. They are all looking for a mysterious young man for different reasons. A "psychological-poetic"...

Mad Love

Mad Love

1985

as Micky

6.0
Acting

After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neuro...

Le Matelot 512

Le Matelot 512

1984

as The scarred one / André

4.5
Acting

Max, who dreams of adventures, abandons his studies at 18 to become involved in the navy. He becomes the sailor 512.

Full Moon in Paris

Full Moon in Paris

1984

as Remi

6.8
Acting

Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.

Rita Ritter

Rita Ritter

1984

as Man

Acting

A writer tries unsuccessfully to sell his screenplays and plays. He marries a television editor, but she only wants to fuck him and thinks nothing of ...

The Outsider

The Outsider

1983

as Francis Pierron

6.8
Acting

Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of ...

Shadow Dance

Shadow Dance

1983

as Xavier

Acting

The French intelligence agency plants Xavier, a former militant leftist, into a fascist organisation called Janus, against whom Xavier bears an old gr...

La Balance

La Balance

1982

as Petrovic

6.4
Acting

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

1982

5.5
Acting

The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also i...

Toute une Nuit

Toute une Nuit

1982

6.7
Acting

Following over two dozen different people in the almost wordless atmosphere of a dark night in a Brussels town, Akerman examines acceptance and reject...

The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre

1982

as Augustin

6.7
Acting

Village of Artigat, southern France, summer 1542, during the reign of Francis I. Martin Guerre and Bertrande de Rols marry. A few years later, accused...

The Sword of Thyrus

The Sword of Thyrus

N/A

as Maardin

Acting

An intense journey of a knight guided by a sorcerer to follow his destiny and save the lands from a power hungry King and defeat the evil Black Angel ...

Fraîche

Fraîche

N/A

as Alex

6.0
Acting

Anne, 58, hosts a radio literary show and leads a quiet, well-established family life. Yet one day, she violently attacks the young woman who offers h...