Thomas Ancora


Thomas 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 between 2006 and 2011. He is represented by the French agency VMA.

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 for three seasons. After a few short movies, guest appearances in TV shows, films, webseries 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" 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" 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.

Filmography

Actor

Cinema
  • 2006: Girlfriends by Sylvie Ayme
  • 2007: Memory of Power, short by Angie Russo
  • 2010: Sans laisser de traces by Grégoire Vigneron
  • 2010: Fais ton choix, short film by Stéphane Henocque
  • 2011: Nuit blanche, English title Sleepless Night by Frédéric Jardin
  • 2011: Le Couloir, short film by Adrien François
  • 2013: Ludo by Khourban Cassam-Chenaï
  • 2013: The Fifth Estate by Bill Condon
  • 2014: Insoupçonnable short film by Sidney Van Wichelen
  • 2015: Made in Belgium by Hugues Hausman
  • 2015: Une Nuit by Alexandra Billington
  • 2017: Where hands touch by Amma Asante
  • 2018: Budapest by Xavier Gens
  • 2020: '
  • 2021: L'employée du mois
  • 2021: Summit fever
Television
  • 2004: ' as Kevin -
  • 2006–2009 : Tom et Nancy as Tom -
  • 2010: ' as Taddeo
  • 2010: Le Kot
  • 2011: Aspra balonia - in Greek: Άσπρα Μπαλόνια
  • 2012: ' as Juan
  • 2012-2016: Clem as Paul
  • 2013: Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge - Be TV
  • 2014: I'm Gonna get a Magritte - Be TV
  • 2015: Ainsi soient-ils - Arte
  • 2017: La forêt - France 3
  • 2017: ' - M6
  • 2018: Papa ou maman - M6
  • 2018: ' as Edward Mannock - Arte
  • 2021: Baraki as Bernard Pirotte - RTBF
  • 2021: Familie as Stieg - VRT
  • 2022: 1985 as Marcel Barbier - RTBF VRT
Theatre
Web'''
  • 2012 - 2013 : Ce que dissent les Bruxellois
  • 2012 : Les JOC
  • 2015 : Arrête ton cinéma!

Scenarist

  • 2012: Ce que disent les Bruxellois
  • 2013: "Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge"
  • 2014: "I'm Gonna get a Magritte"
  • 2015 : Arrête ton cinéma!
  • 2020: Losers Revolution
  • 2022: ''Culte''

Director

Cinema
  • 2020: Losers Revolution
  • 2022: ''Culte''