Thomas Cocquerel

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]

Thomas Cocquerel
Born	Thomas Michel Cocquerel (1989-09-05) 5 September 1989 (age 35) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2013–present
Family	Emilie Cocquerel (sister) Elsa Cocquerel (sister) Anna Cocquerel (sister)

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]

On 18 August 2024, Cocquerel was announced as part of the cast for Peacock series All Her Fault.^[12]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2024	Pal	Luke	Short film

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
	Paper Dolls	Teddy Pearce	7 episodes
TBA	All Her Fault	Richie	TV series

References

1. Nordstrom, Leigh (3 March 2017). "Boy of Spring: Talking rom-coms with Thomas Cocquerel". WWD. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
2. Rocca, Jane (25 September 2022). "'I know what not to do': What actor Thomas Cocquerel has learned about dating". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
3. Craze, Kirsten (16 November 2022). "Warrawee home where Thomas Cocquerel, Australia's next Chris Hemsworth, grew up is for sale". Real Estate. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
4. Purdon, Fiona (23 June 2018). "Plenty to see here, says star of In Like Flynn". The Sunday Mail. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
5. "School's star old boys". Mosman Daily. The Daily Telegraph. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
6. Chai, Paul (15 August 2014). "International Star You Should Know: Thomas Cocquerel". Variety. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
7. Celeste, retrieved 27 October 2018
8. Celeste, retrieved 30 July 2019^{[dead link]}
9. Otterson, Joe (28 February 2018). "'Get Christie Love' Pilot adds Thomas Cocquerel in series regular role". Variety. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
10. Amanda N'Duka (18 October 2019). "'Escape Room 2': Sony Sets Lead Cast For Sequel". Deadline. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
11. Petski, Denise (30 January 2020). "'The Gilded Age': Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel & Jack Gilpin Join HBO Drama Series". Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
12. Slatter, Sean (18 August 2024). "Peacock series 'All Her Fault' to film in Melbourne with Sarah Snook". IF Magazine. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Thomas Cocquerel at IMDb