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| Birth name | Toki Pilioko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Nouméa, New Caledonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (18 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toki Pilioko (born 1 October 1995) is a French rugby union prop and actor. He currently plays for RC Bassin d'Arcachon in Fédérale 1. [1]
Pilioko gained international success by interpreting a young man from the French oversea collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific who comes to play rugby in France in the 2016 film Mercenary. [2] The film was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival [3] [4] where it won the Europa Cinemas Label Award. [5] Pilioko was also in the running for the César Award for Most Promising Actor. [6]
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