Thomas Cocquerel

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Thomas Cocquerel
Born
Thomas Michel Cocquerel

(1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 34)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActor
Years active2013–present
Family

Thomas Michel Cocquerel (born 5 September 1989) is an Australian actor. On television, he is known for his role as Tom Raikes in Julian Fellowes' HBO Max series The Gilded Age (2022). His films include OtherLife (2017), Billionaire Boys Club , Celeste , In Like Flynn (2018), and The Divorce Party (2019). [1]

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Early life

Cocquerel was born in Sydney to French father Patrick and Australian mother Georgia. His younger sisters Emilie, Elsa, and Anna are also actors. [2] He spent his early childhood in Spain, France, and the United States before returning to Sydney in 2001, settling in the North Shore suburb of Warrawee. [3] He attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School (colloquially known as the Shore School). He went on to graduate from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in 2012. [4] [5]

Career

In 2014, Cocquerel made his television debut in an episode of Love Child as well as the miniseries Anzac Girls. [6] He made his feature film debut the following year in Daniel Alfredson's crime drama Kidnapping Freddy Heineken . This was followed by further film roles in the family film Red Dog: True Blue in 2016 and the comedy Table 19 , the sports drama 1 Mile to You , and the coming-of-age drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes in 2017. That year, he had his first starring role in the science fiction film OtherLife alongside Jessica De Gouw.

In 2018, Cocquerel portrayed actor Errol Flynn in the biographical film In Like Flynn [4] and starred alongside Radha Mitchell in Celeste , directed by Ben Hackworth and filmed in Far North Queensland on location at Paronella Park. The latter film screened in competition at the Adelaide Film Festival [7] the BFI London Film Festival. [8] Cocquerel also appeared in true crime film Billionaire Boys Club and was cast in an attempted reboot of American crime drama Get Christie Love! , but the pilot did not proceed to series. [9]

Cocquerel joined the recurring cast of the CW series The 100 for its sixth season as Ryker Desai IX. He led the 2019 romantic comedy film The Divorce Party . Also that year, Cocquerel was cast in Escape Room: Tournament of Champions , the 2021 sequel to the psychological thriller film Escape Room . [10] Cocquerel appeared as lawyer Tom Raikes in the first season of Julian Fellowes' period drama The Gilded Age on HBO Max. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2013Walk Right InBarlow BlairShort film
2015 Kidnapping Freddy Heineken Martin "Brakes" Erkamps
CampdraftManShort film
2016 Red Dog: True Blue Bill Stemple
2017 Table 19 Huck
1 Mile to You Rye Bledsoe
OtherLife Danny
The Tribes of Palos Verdes Mildew
2018Everyone Is Doing GreatOliver WestlakeShort film
Ward OneManShort film
Billionaire Boys Club Charlie Bottoms
The Big BreakOfficer EckhartShort film
Celeste Jack
In Like Flynn Errol Flynn
Spare RoomGreg
2019AliveMale Patient
The Divorce Party Nate
2020Cat Movie: This Is Not A Dog Movie.L'hommeShort film; also producer, also known in French: Un Homme et un Chat
2021 Escape Room: Tournament of Champions Nathan
TBAPalLukeShort film; post-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 Love Child Bernie MaguireEpisode: #1.4
Anzac GirlsFrank SmithMiniseries
2018 Get Christie Love! AdamPilot
2019 The 100 Ryker Desai IXRecurring role; 6 episodes
SeaChangeJoshEpisode: "Paradise Reclaimed: Mother of all Dilemmas"
2022 The Gilded Age Tom RaikesMain cast; 9 episodes
2023 Safe Home Julian MacdonaldMain cast; 4 episodes
2023 Paper Dolls Teddy Pearce7 episodes

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