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Damien Thomas(1942-2025)

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Damien Thomas in Shogun (1980)
Trailer for "The Ascension Agency". Richard is a loner on the edge, his violent flashbacks affect his job and worst of all, his sanity. Can the mysterious Ascension Agency intervene in time?
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The Ascension Agency (2009)
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The versatile British character actor Damien Thomas was born in the town of Ismailia, situated on the west bank of the Suez Canal in Egypt. After relocating to London, he trained for acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 1966. That same year, he made his theatrical debut as Flamineo in John Webster's 17th century play The White Devil. He subsequently also performed at London's Old Vic and with the New Shakespeare Company.

Thomas first graced the screen in 1968. He was, thereafter, cast in a wide variety of ethnic roles, ranging from Middle Easterners and Spaniards to Dutchmen and Russians. He is perhaps best remembered as the gleefully satanic Count Karnstein in Hammer's classic vampire film Les Sévices de Dracula (1971). His other prominent roles have included the cursed Prince Kassim in Ray Harryhausen's production of Sinbad et l'oeil du tigre (1977), the unfortunate musician Mark Smeaton, executed by the king for adultery in Les six femmes d'Henri VIII (1972), the Jesuit priest and translator Martin Alvito in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Shogun (1980), a ruthless Spanish sea captain, Don Alfonso de la Torre, chief antagonist in Roman Polanski's swashbuckler Pirates (1986), and Agrippa, last king of Judea, in the six-part American/Italian period drama A.D. (1985). Thomas also made guest appearances in such diverse TV shows as Van der Valk (1972), Blake's 7 (1978), Mission casse-cou (1985), Le retour de Sherlock Holmes (1986) (as a murder victim), Château de cartes (1990) and Les nouvelles aventures de Zorro (1990).

Damien Thomas died on April 18 2025, a week after his 83rd birthday.
BornApril 11, 1942
DiedApril 18, 2025(83)
BornApril 11, 1942
DiedApril 18, 2025(83)
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Known for

Le message (1976)
Le message
8.1
  • Zaid
  • 1976
Richard Chamberlain, Toshirô Mifune, and Yôko Shimada in Shogun (1980)
Shogun
7.8
TV Movie
  • Father Alvito
  • 1980
Madeleine Collinson, Mary Collinson, and Damien Thomas in Les Sévices de Dracula (1971)
Les Sévices de Dracula
6.6
  • Count Karnstein
  • 1971
Auprès de moi toujours (2010)
Auprès de moi toujours
7.1
  • Doctor
  • 2010

Credits

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  • Whatever After (2021)
    Whatever After
    TV Mini Series
    • Elric
    • Josiah Crump
    • 2021
  • Damien Thomas in Shalom Kabul (2016)
    Shalom Kabul
    TV Mini Series
    • Yitzhak
    • 2016
  • Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke in Golem, le tueur de Londres (2016)
    Golem, le tueur de Londres
    6.3
    • Solomon Weil
    • 2016
  • Youssef Berouain in The King (2016)
    The King
    Short
    • Mathew
    • 2016
  • Finding Saint Francis (2015)
    Finding Saint Francis
    • Bishop of Assisi, Sultan Malik Al Kamil
    • 2015
  • Night School (2014)
    Night School
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Jeremy
    • 2014
  • Dignity (2014)
    Dignity
    Short
    • Captain Taylor
    • 2014
  • Utopia (2013)
    Utopia
    8.4
    TV Series
    • Surgeon #1
    • 2014
  • Shalom Kabul (2013)
    Shalom Kabul
    8.8
    Short
    • Yitzhak Levy
    • 2013
  • Night School Fracture: The Letter
    • Nathaniel
    • 2013
  • Gay Hamilton and Damien Thomas in Gone Are the Days of Summer (2013)
    Gone Are the Days of Summer
    9.2
    Short
    • Bernard
    • 2013
  • Doctors (2000)
    Doctors
    4.5
    TV Series
    • Elijah Kaskel
    • 2013
  • Hugh Quarshie and Dan Richardson in The Meeting (2013)
    The Meeting
    9.7
    Short
    • Punter
    • 2013
  • James D'Arcy and Andrea Riseborough in W.E. (2011)
    W.E.
    6.2
    • George
    • 2011
  • Grave Tales (2011)
    Grave Tales
    5.0
    • Mr. Baxter
    • 2011

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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
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Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger
Pyrates
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Pyrates
The Ascension Agency
Trailer 1:42
The Ascension Agency

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • BFI
    • Gens du
  • Alternative names
    • Damien Court-Thomas
  • Height
    • 1.88 m
  • Born
    • April 11, 1942
    • Ismailia, Egypt
  • Died
    • April 18, 2025
    • Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK(supranuclear palsy)
  • Spouses
      Julia Sargent2012 - April 18, 2025 (his death, 2 children)
  • Children
      Maud
  • Parents
      Huguette Bertrand
  • Other works
    He acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, "Pygmalion", at the Colchester Theatre, England with Keith Grenville, Barbara Barnett, Kenneth Bryers, Vyvian Hall and Monica Stewart in the cast. David Buxton was the director.

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    Had three children: Dominic by his second wife Françoise, and Maud and Phoebe by his third wife Julia.

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  • When did Damien Thomas die?
    April 18, 2025
  • How did Damien Thomas die?
    Supranuclear palsy
  • How old was Damien Thomas when he died?
    83 years old
  • Where did Damien Thomas die?
    Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
  • When was Damien Thomas born?
    April 10, 1942

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