Overview
- His death on Friday, October 31, 2025, was announced by his agent via a family communiqué relayed to AFP.
- The family said he died of cancer at age 72.
- Born in Istanbul and raised in Paris, he trained for the stage and earned a 1982 César nomination for La Balance.
- He became widely recognized for L’Ours and Nikita and later appeared in international productions including 1492: Christophe Colomb, Bad Boys, and GoldenEye.
- Recent work included BBC series The Missing and Baptiste, Boat Story, John Woo’s The Killer with Omar Sy, and the Netflix action film Rapide, as tributes from Gilles Jacob and BBC Drama’s Lindsay Salt praised his craft and popularity.