In Memoriam: Tchéky Karyo aka Dmitri Mishkin (1953-2025)

Tchéky Karyo has passed away at the age of 72. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey on 4th of October and died in Brittany, France on 31st of October 2025. He was born in Turkey, but was grew up in Paris, France.

For Bond World Tchéky Karyo was known as Russian Minister of Defence Dmitri Mishkin in “GoldenEye” (1995). A film, which was Pierce Brosnan‘s first 007 movie and which was directed by Martin Campbell

His film credits include also “La Femme Nikita“, “Vincent and Me“, “Nostradamus“, “Crying Freeman“, “Bad Boys“, “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc“, “The Patriot” and “Kiss of the Dragon“. His television roles include Dr. Willy Rozenbaum in the HBO film And the Band Played On, Georges Méliès in the HBO miniseries “From the Earth to the Moon“, and French detective Julien Baptiste in the BBC crime drama “The Missing“, and its spin-off series “Baptiste” (2019–21). (Wikipedia).

We so sorry about the loss. Our thoughts are with Tchéky Karyo’s family during this difficult time.