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Turquía (1953 -). Actor francés nacido el 4 de Octubre de 1953 en Estambul, Turquía. 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 SOPLONA (1982) (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 NIKITA - LA CARA DEL PELIGRO (1990). The multi-lingual actor's roles have taken him all over the globe: Berlin and Tunisia (for ISABELLE (1991); Rome (for LA VILLA DEL VENERDI, 1991); the Alps (for L'AFFUT, 1992). He had a supporting role in the disappointing epic 1492 CONQUISTA DEL PARAISO (1992), and starred as the controversial prognosticator in a multi-national production of NOSTRADAMUS (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 (1995), as a hapless soldier in the Vietnam elephant film OPERACION ELEFANTE (1995) and as a post-Communist Russian in the latest James Bond flick, GOLDENEYE (1995). On American TV, Karyo has been seen on the Showtime detective film THE RETRATO HABLADO (1992) and as a doctor in the medical drama AND THE BAND PLAYED ON (HBO, 1993).
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