Tchéky Karyo, the prolific French character actor who lent his intensity to tough guys, detectives and historical figures in dozens of films including “GoldenEye” and “Bad Boys,” has died, the AFP reported. He was 72.
Karyo, who was battling cancer, died Friday, his family told AFP.
Though American audiences may best remember his the Turkish-born Karyo as a gloomy villain, he played a variety of roles including a lead detective on “The Missing” for the BBC, a restaurant owner in the Matthew Broderick and Meg Ryan rom-com “Addicted to Love” and Martín Alonso Pinzón, Christopher Columbus’ shipbuilder in Ridley Scott’s “1492.”
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