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.
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.A Cause des garçons: Thomas Ancora - La Belgique a trouvé son sex-symbol 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" 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" (that he co directed with Grégory Béghin in 2019) where he played next to Clément Manuel, Kody Kim, Bapstiste Sornin and Tania Garbarski. His second feature film, "The Crimson Order" will come out in Belgium on November 4th 2026.
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 (One Night) by Alexandra Billington 2017: Where hands touch by Amma Asante 2018: Budapest by Xavier Gens 2020: 2021: L'employée du mois 2021: Summit fever 2026: The Crimson Order Television 2004: as Kevin - (season 1, M6) 2006–2009 : Tom et Nancy as Tom - (three seasons, Club RTL) 2010: as Taddeo (France 2) 2010: Le Kot (MTV) 2011: Aspra balonia - in Greek: Άσπρα Μπαλόνια (Sigma) 2012: as Juan (France 2) 2012-2016: Clem as Paul (TF1) 2013: Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge (video aired during the Magritte du cinéma) - Be TV 2014: I'm Gonna get a Magritte (Music Video aired during Magritte du cinéma) - Be TV 2015: Ainsi soient-ils (Season 3) - Arte 2017: La forêt (Season 1) - France 3 2017: (Season 1) - 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 2025: NCIS: Tony and Ziva
Theatre 2003: Jeux de massacre by Eugène Ionesco 2009: Le Misanthrope by Molière, Director: Fabrice Cecchi 2010: Les Coucous by Guy Grosso and Michel Modo, Director: Jean-Paul Andret 2011: by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon, Director: Jean-Paul Andret
Web 2012 - 2013 : Ce que dissent les Bruxellois 2012 : Les JOC 2015 : Arrête ton cinéma!
Scenarist 2012: Ce que disent les Bruxellois (web-série) 2013: "Ce que disent les gens du cinéma belge" (vidéo diffusée lors de la cérémonie des Magritte du cinéma ) 2014: "I'm Gonna get a Magritte" (Music video aired during the "Magritte du cinéma" ) 2015 : Arrête ton cinéma! 2020: Losers Revolution 2026: The Crimson Order 2027: Hot Dads Murder Club (in development)
Director Cinema
2020: Losers Revolution 2026: The Crimson Order
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