Tómas Lemarquis (born 3 August 1977) is an Icelandic– French actor.

Early life

Lemarquis was born in

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, the son of an Icelandic mother and a French father, Gérard Lemarquis, who is a schoolteacher. His most distinguishing physical feature—a complete lack of hair of any kind—is the result of

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, which made him completely hairless by the age of 14. He grew up in Iceland, and studied theater at the

Cours Florent The Cours Florent is a private drama school in Paris, France, established in 1967 by French theater actor François Florent. The school's facilities are located on three sites in the 19th arrondissement of Paris: Rue Archereau, Rue Mathis, and ...

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, where he was a classmate of actress

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. He also attended the Reykjavík School of Fine Arts in Iceland, graduating in 2004.

Career

Lemarquis is possibly best known for his starring role in the 2003 Icelandic film ''

Noi the Albino ''Noi the Albino'' ( () is an Icelandic film by director Dagur Kári released in 2003. The film explores the life of teenage outsider Nói (played by Tómas Lemarquis) in a remote fishing village in western Iceland. It won multiple awards. ''N ...

''. Lemarquis' played a lead role in the 2018

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winner, '' Touch Me Not''. He has also appeared in films such as ''

Snowpiercer ''Snowpiercer'' () is a 2013 Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, post-apocalyptic action thriller film based on the French climate fiction graphic novel ''Le Transperceneige'' by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette. The f ...

'', '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' and ''

Blade Runner 2049 ''Blade Runner 2049'' is a 2017 American Epic film, epic neo-noir science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green (writer), Michael Green, based on a story by Fancher. A sequel to ''Blade ...

''.

Personal life

Lemarquis is fluent in Icelandic, French, Danish,

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and English.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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Tómas Lemarquis.com
1977 births Living people Icelandic male film actors Icelandic people of French descent Icelandic expatriates in France Male actors from Reykjavík 21st-century Icelandic male actors People with alopecia universalis French people of Icelandic descent {{iceland-actor-stub