Tom Leeb followed in his dad’s footsteps. Indeed, from his childhood, Michel Leeb passed on his passion for theater to him. In 2003, both played opposite each other in an adaptation of Madame Doubtfire. And then finally, Tom Leeb received extensive artistic trainingÂ: theater, cinema, singing and dancing… His career led him to play Tom in Under the sun. The actor also denied Nadège Lacroix’s allegations on the filming of the series.
Since then, his career has continued at all levels, in music, theater and television. Something to make his dad Michel Leeb proudwhich made the French laugh for years. And Tom Leeb takes on a leading role in the summer saga of France 2. Baptisée Blue Gold, it will be broadcast from this Wednesday, May 20. He will notably give the answer to Barbara Probst, seen in Murders in the Verdon Gorges. On the program: investigations, romantic relationships, manipulations… everything to keep the viewer in suspense.
What did Tom Leeb think of the career of son père Michel Leeb?
But Tom Leeb does not intend to confine himself only to playing. He wants to become a director! A wish that he confided to Gala during an interview: “[E]n writing, I realize that I can write roles for myself that I may never be offered. It gives me another form of freedom to express what I want to express as an actor.” A desire to reinvent himself which perhaps comes from his father. Indeed, Michel Leeb, abandoned at the age of ten, will return to the stage for his 80th birthday. A devotion and a strength of character which gives birth to a “admiration immense” at his son’s house.
“Seeing the evolution of my father’s career, I have the impression that the more he advanced, the more he did great things. So clearly, it makes you want to last over time and, later, to be in the transmission with younger generations”declares Tom Leeb. And to add, about his father’s new project: “It’s completely crazy!I have a great emotion to see him working on his only one on stage for the end of 2026-beginning of 2027, in which he really puts all his soul“recognized Tom Leeb, who has already done an unusual job. Indeed, such longevity is a dream come true.
What is Michel LeebÂ’s next project?
Tom Leeb en a dit plus à Gala on his dad’s future project. “He’s been working on it for months. I tell myself that he’s going to be on stage at 80 for an hour and a half, holding a whole room… […] My father is a great inspiration“. It’s sure: Tom Leeb will be there in the audience to encourage him! This one on stage, baptized My life laughingwill be played from next October. Michel Leeb, without filter on Marie-Anne Chazel, should once again use his talents as a comedian and imitator to make his fans laugh.
