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Tomer Sisley

Tomer Sisley is an Israeli and French actor and comedian, known for stand-up comedy and for the title role in the Largo Winch films.

born 1974The Largo Winch filmsStand-up comedyWinning Just for Laughs 2003

Born: 14 August 1974, West Berlin
Occupation: actor, comedian, screenwriter, film actor
Education: University of Côte d'Azur, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis

Tomer Sisley was born in 1974 in West Berlin

Tomer Sisley was born Tomer Gazit in West Berlin in 1974. His Israeli-born parents met as schoolmates in Ramat Gan, and both worked in dermatology. His father's family came from Lithuania and Belarus, and his mother is of Yemenite descent.

His parents separated when he was 5. At 9 he moved with his father to southern France. He went to an English-speaking school and then to the Centre international de Valbonne near Nice, and he speaks German, Hebrew, French and English.

Sisley performed stand-up comedy for 6 years. In 2003 he became the first French stand-up comedian to win the Just for Laughs festival in Montreal. In 2019 he admitted that part of his material had been copied from American comedians.

He starred in Largo Winch in 2008 and its sequel in 2011, doing his own stunts. He led the thriller Sleepless Night in 2011 and appeared in We're the Millers, Rabin, the Last Day and the series Messiah. He lives in Paris with his family.