Tchéky Karyo Dead: French Actor from 'The Missing' Was 72

Tchéky Karyo , the French actor who starred in the BBC’s “ The Missing ” and “Baptiste” and appeared in “La Femme Nikita,” “Addicted to Love,” “ Bad Boys ” and “ GoldenEye ,” died of cancer on Oct. 31, according to AFP . He was 72.

Born in Istanbul in 1953, Karyo’s family moved to Paris when he was young. There, he studied drama at the Cyrano Theatre and later performed as part of the Daniel Sorano Company. As a young man, he joined the National Theatre of Strasbourg and began acting in French films. He had notable early roles in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “The Bear” and Luc Besson’s “La Femme Nikita.”

In the 1990s, Karyo started appearing in Hollywood movies. He played the title character in “Nostradamus,” a villain opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in “Bad Boys,” an adversary