Tomer Sisley

Tomer Sisley (born Tomer Gazit; ; born 14 August 1974) is an Israeli and French actor and comedian.

Early and personal life Tomer was born in West Berlin, West Germany, to Israeli-born parents who had relocated because of his father's job as a research scientist in dermatology. His mother is also a dermatologist. His parents met as schoolmates in Ramat Gan, Israel, and were childhood sweethearts. His father's family has roots in Lithuania and today's Belarus, while his mother is of Yemenite descent. He is a licensed helicopter pilot, and has described himself as "skydiving, paragliding, and extreme skiing fan".

Career

Comedy Sisley performed stand-up comedy for six years.

Film

Among his first films were the Tunisian fictional film Bedwin Hacker (2003), the comedy drama Virgil (2005), the French romantic comedy-drama Toi et moi (2006), the French crime film Paris Lockdown (2007), and the French action thriller Largo Winch (2008). In 2009, Sisley won the Most Promising Newcomer title at the Étoiles d'or French awards for his acting in Largo Winch. The movie was bought by Tribeca Productions, Robert De Niro's distribution company, and Warner Brothers bought the rights for a remake. The film showed at the Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Rome Film Festival.

In the French action thriller Largo Winch II (2011), Sisley performed a fight while skydiving from a plane without a parachute. He does all of his own stunts.

Filmography 1996 : Highlander: The Series (TV) as Reza 1996 : Studio Sud (TV) as Nico 1999 : Highlander: The Raven (TV) as Felix 2003 : Dédales by René Manzor as Malik 2003 : Bedwin Hacker by Nadia el Fani as Chams, a Tunisian-French journalist 2005 : Virgil by Mabrouk el Mechri as Dino Taliori 2006 : Toi et moi by Julie Lopes-Curval as Farid 2006 : The Nativity Story by Catherine Hardwicke as Tax Collector 2007 : Paris Lockdown by Frédéric Schoendoerffer as Larbi, a Moroccan gangster 2008 : Largo Winch by Jérôme Salle as Largo Winch 2011 : Largo Winch II by Jérôme Salle as Largo Winch 2011 : Sleepless Night by Frédéric Jardin as Vincent, a police detective 2013 : We're the Millers by Rawson Marshall Thurber as Pablo Chacón, a Mexican drug lord 2013 : Kidon by Emmanuel Naccache as Daniel 2013 : Angélique by Ariel Zeitoun as Marquis de Plessis-Bellière, a French aristocrat 2015 : Rabin, the Last Day by Amos Gitai as Rabin's driver 2018-2019 : Philharmonia (TV) as Rafaël Crozes 2018-2023 : Balthazar (TV) as Raphaël Balthazar, a forensic pathologist 2019 : Lucky Day by Roger Avary as Jean-Jacques 2020 : Messiah (TV) by James McTeigue and Kate Woods as Aviram Dahan, an Israeli Shin Bet officer 2021: Don't Look Up by Adam McKay as Adul Grelio 2023: Vortex (TV) as Ludovic Béguin 2023: BDE by Michaël Youn as Dany Frydman 2023: Comme mon fils by Franck Brett as Victor 2024: The Price of Money: A Largo Winch Adventure by Olivier Masset-Depasse as Largo Winch 2024: Notre histoire de France (TV documentary) as the narrator 2026: G.I.G.N. as David, commander of the G.I.G.N.

Awards

Wins

2009: Étoiles d'Or Awards for Best Male Newcomer for his role in Largo Winch. 2009: Rémy Julienne Award of Valenciennes International Festival of Action and Adventure Films.