Though I’ll now never have the chance to meet him, I’m deeply grateful to my good friend Ewen and to Club James Bond France for kindly arranging this signed photo from Tchéky at their GoldenEye anniversary event earlier this year, a gesture I’ll always treasure.

In recent years, he brought to life one of my favourite characters, Julien Baptiste, in the acclaimed series The Missing and its spin-off Baptiste, a performance full of depth, soul and quiet power. If you’ve not seen this series, I urge you to hunt it out and give it a watch.

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