Thomas Ancora

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Thomas Ancora
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Born
Thomas Quagliara Ancora

(1986-07-20) 20 July 1986 (age 37)
Frameries, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Screenwriter, TV presenter
Years active2004–present

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

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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 Disney television series Tom et Nancy airing on Club RTL (Belgium) for three seasons. [1] After a few short movies, guest appearances in TV shows (Clash, Le Kot, Strictement platonique), films (Sans laisser de traces, Nuit blanche , 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" [2] on Arte to portray WW1 hero Mick Mannock and the French TV series "Remember", next to Marie Gillain.

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" [3] (that he co directed with Grégory Béghin in 2019) where he played next to Clément Manuel, 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.

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References

  1. ↑ A Cause des garçons: Thomas Ancora - La Belgique a trouvé son sex-symbol (in French)
  2. ↑ "Indigenes la Guerre des as".
  3. ↑ "Losers Revolution". 27 January 2019.
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