Tomer Sisley
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Tomer Sisley | |
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 Sisley in 2013 | |
| Born | 14 August 1974 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, Humorist, Film director, Screenwriter, Comedian |
| Years active | 1996–present |
Tomer (Gazit) Sisley (Hebrew: תומר סיסלי; born 14 August 1974) is a French humorist, actor, screenwriter, comedian and film director.
Early life
Sisley was born in West Berlin, West Germany. His parents were born in Israel, his grandparents in Lithuania, Belarus, and Yemen. His family is Jewish. His parents separated when he was five years old. At 9 he left Berlin to live with his father in the south of France. At twelve, he already spoke 4 languages (German, Hebrew, French and English). His father, Joseph, was a scientist in dermatological research.
Career
Sisley was the first French stand-up comedian to have won the Just for Laughs comedy festival, the biggest in the world, in 2003.[citation needed] He is considered the first comedian to introduce real stand-up comedy in France, where until then, the popular one-man shows used to portray mostly impressions and sketches.[citation needed]
In 2011, Sisley accepted the leading part in a low budget French film Sleepless Night. The movie was bought by Tribeca Films, Robert De Niro's distribution company, and Warner Brothers bought the rights for a remake.[citation needed] The film showed at Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, or Rome Film Festival.[citation needed]
In Largo Winch 2, 2011, he performed a fight while skydiving from a plane without a parachute.[citation needed] He is a horse rider, practiced 5 years of Krav Maga, and does Jiujitsu and boxing.[citation needed]
Filmography
- 1996 : Studio Sud (TV)
- 1998 : L'Immortel (TV)
- 2003 : Dédales by René Manzor
- 2003 : Bedwin by Nadia el Fani
- 2005 : Virgil by Mabrouk el Mechri
- 2006 : Toi et moi by Julie Lopes-Curval
- 2007 : Truands by Frédéric Schoendoerffer
- 2008 : Largo Winch by Jérôme Salle
- 2011 : Largo Winch 2 by Jérôme Salle: Largo Winch
- 2011 : Sleepless Night by Frédéric Jardin
- 2013 : We're the Millers by Rawson Marshall Thurber: Pablo Chacon
- 2013 : Kidon by Emmanuel Naccache: Daniel
- 2013 : Angélique
- 2015 : Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitai
- 2019: Messiah: Avrim Dahan
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- 1974 births
- Living people
- French male film actors
- French male television actors
- Jewish French male actors
- French people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
- French people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent
- French people of Yemeni-Jewish descent
- German emigrants to France
- Male actors from Berlin
- 20th-century French male actors
- 21st-century French male actors
- French humorists
- French film directors
- French male screenwriters
- French screenwriters