Tom Mercier

Tom Mercier is a French-Israeli actor known for his lead role in Nadav Lapid's 2019 film Synonyms.

born 1993Playing Yoav in SynonymsThe HBO series We Are Who We AreThe film The Animal Kingdom

Occupation: film actor, actor, dancer
Education: Yoram Loewenstein Performing Arts Studio

Tom Mercier was born in 1993 in Israel

Mercier was born in Tel Aviv on 30 November 1993. His father, Michel Mercier, is a French-born hairdresser and entrepreneur, and his mother, Ronit Silberstein, works with diamonds. He grew up in Herzliya.

He studied theater at Herzliya New High School and then acting at the Yoram Loewenstein Acting Studio. As a student he performed in the plays Phaedra's Love and Tales from the Vienna Woods.

Director Nadav Lapid found him as a theater student and cast him as Yoav, the lead in Synonyms. The film won the Golden Bear at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. To prepare, Mercier taught himself French and moved to Paris.

The role earned him nominations for the Ophir Award and the Lumière Award. In 2020 he played Jonathan in the HBO series We Are Who We Are, directed by Luca Guadagnino. In 2023 he appeared with Romain Duris in the French film The Animal Kingdom, directed by Thomas Cailley.