Thomas Cocquerel | |
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Born | Thomas Michel Cocquerel 5 September 1989 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2013–present |
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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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2013 | Walk Right In | Barlow Blair | Short film |
2015 | Kidnapping Freddy Heineken | Martin "Brakes" Erkamps | |
Campdraft | Man | Short 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 | ||
2018 | Everyone Is Doing Great | Oliver Westlake | Short film |
Ward One | Man | Short film | |
Billionaire Boys Club | Charlie Bottoms | ||
The Big Break | Officer Eckhart | Short film | |
Celeste | Jack | ||
In Like Flynn | Errol Flynn | ||
Spare Room | Greg | ||
2019 | Alive | Male Patient | |
The Divorce Party | Nate | ||
2020 | Cat Movie: This Is Not A Dog Movie. | L'homme | Short film; also producer, also known in French: Un Homme et un Chat |
2021 | Escape Room: Tournament of Champions | Nathan | |
TBA | Pal | Luke | Short film; post-production |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | Love Child | Bernie Maguire | Episode: #1.4 |
Anzac Girls | Frank Smith | Miniseries | |
2018 | Get Christie Love! | Adam | Pilot |
2019 | The 100 | Ryker Desai IX | Recurring role; 6 episodes |
SeaChange | Josh | Episode: "Paradise Reclaimed: Mother of all Dilemmas" | |
2022 | The Gilded Age | Tom Raikes | Main cast; 9 episodes |
2023 | Safe Home | Julian Macdonald | Main cast; 4 episodes |
2023 | Paper Dolls | Teddy Pearce | 7 episodes |
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