Thomas Ancora (born 20 July 1986 as Thomas Quagliara Ancora) is a Belgian actor, movie director and script screenwriter appearing in films, television and on stage. He has also been a TV/Radio host and presented radio and television shows for various Belgian stations (

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, Plug RTL et RTL TVI) between 2006 and 2011. He is represented by the French agency VMA.

Life and career

Ancora started acting classes at the age of 8 and was spotted by a modeling agency New Models when he was 15. Two years later, he got his first big role with the French TV show ''Ma terminale'' where he played role of "Kevin". The show aired in 2004 on M6 and Plug RTL. His cinema debuted in 2006, with ''Mes copines'', followed by the

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television series ''Tom et Nancy'' airing on

(Belgium) for three seasons. After a few short movies, guest appearances in TV shows (''Clash'', ''Le Kot'', ''Strictement platonique''), films (''Sans laisser de traces'', ''

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'', ''Ludo'', '' The Fifth Estate''), webseries (''Ce que disent les Bruxellois'', ''Les JOC'' that he created and directed) and appearances at the Magritte du cinéma award ceremonies followed. He is currently on the French TV show ''Clem'' where he plays "Paul" since season 3. In 2017, he joins the cast of the mini TV series "La guerre des as" on Arte to portray WW1 hero

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and the French TV series "Remember", next to

Marie Gillain Marie Gillain O.M.W. (born 18 June 1975) is a Belgian actress. In popular culture * She was the heroine of the John Malkovich play ''Hysteria'' in Chicago in December 1999. * She is a model for cosmetics brand Lancôme. * In 2013 she was no ...

. Ancora also started writing a few years ago. After doing a few webseries and videos for the Les magritte du cinéma, he wrote the movie "Losers Revolution" (that he co directed with Grégory Béghin in 2019) where he played next to

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, Kody Kim, Bapstiste Sornin and Tania Garbarski. He is currently working on his second feature film while still working as an actor on various films and series.

Filmography

Actor

Cinema *2006: '' Girlfriends'' by Sylvie Ayme *2007: ''Memory of Power'', short by Angie Russo *2010: ''

Sans laisser de traces (also known as ''Immaculate'', ''Traceless'', ''Indelible'' and ''Indélébile'') is a 2010 French crime-thriller film and Grégoire Vigneron's directorial debut. Plot Étienne is about to succeed his father-in-law as CEO of a French company whi ...

'' by Grégoire Vigneron *2010: ''Fais ton choix'', short film by Stéphane Henocque *2011: ''

'', English title '' Sleepless Night'' by Frédéric Jardin *2011: ''Le Couloir'', short film by Adrien François *2013: ''Ludo'' by Khourban Cassam-Chenaï *2013: '' The Fifth Estate'' by

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*2014: ''Insoupçonnable'' short film by Sidney Van Wichelen *2015: ''Made in Belgium'' by Hugues Hausman *2015: ''Une Nuit'' (One Night) by Alexandra Billington *2017: ''Where hands touch'' by Amma Asante *2018: ''Budapest'' by Xavier Gens *2020: ' *2021: ''L'employée du mois'' *2021: ''Summit fever'' Television *2004: ' as Kevin - (season 1, M6) *2006–2009 : ''Tom et Nancy'' as Tom - (three seasons, Club RTL) *2010: ' as Taddeo (France 2) *2010: ''Le Kot'' (MTV) *2011: ''Aspra balonia'' - in Greek: Άσπρα Μπαλόνια (Sigma) *2012: ' as Juan (France 2) *2012-2016: ''

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'' as Paul (

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) *2013: ''Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge'' (video aired during the Magritte du cinéma) - Be TV *2014: ''I'm Gonna get a Magritte'' (Music Video aired during Magritte du cinéma) - Be TV *2015: ''

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'' (Season 3) -

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*2017: '' La forêt'' (Season 1) -

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*2017: ' (Season 1) - M6 *2018: '' Papa ou maman'' - M6 *2018: ' as Edward Mannock -

*2021: '' Baraki'' as Bernard Pirotte -

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*2021: ''

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'' as Stieg - VRT *2022: ''

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'' as Marcel Barbier -

VRT Theatre *2003: ''Jeux de massacre'' by

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*2009: ''

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'' by

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, Director: Fabrice Cecchi *2010: ''Les Coucous'' by Guy Grosso and Michel Modo, Director: Jean-Paul Andret *2011: ' by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, Director: Jean-Paul Andret Web *2012 - 2013 : Ce que dissent les Bruxellois *2012 : Les JOC *2015 : Arrête ton cinéma!

Scenarist

*2012: ''Ce que disent les Bruxellois'' (web-série) *2013: "Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge" (vidéo diffusée lors de la cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma ) *2014: "I'm Gonna get a Magritte" (Music video aired during the "Magritte du cinéma" ) *2015 : Arrête ton cinéma! *2020: ''Losers Revolution'' *2022: ''Culte'' (in development)

Director

Cinema *2020: ''Losers Revolution'' *2022: ''Culte'' (in development)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ancora, Thomas 1986 births Living people Belgian male film actors Belgian male stage actors Belgian male television actors People from Frameries 21st-century Belgian male actors Belgian television presenters