Christian Dingler aka Cookie Dingler celebrates his 75th birthday this Monday, October 10, 2022. For many people, he remains the unforgettable interpreter of Liberated womanthis song that made him famous in the 1980s. This title was even certified platinum in 1985.
His son Tom Dingler is close to another actor
Before experiencing success through Liberated womanCookie Dingler became father of a son, Tom, now 43 years old. A son he had with Cathy Bernecker. The latter made a name for himself as screenwriter, director and actor for films and series. He notably worked as a screenwriter for the series Catherine and Liliane alongsideAlex Lutz and Bruno Sanchez from 2012 to 2019. It is with these last two that Tom Dingler played the role of Thibaut Rendinger in the film The talent of my friends (2015) directed by Alex Lutz. Close to Alex Lutz, they also collaborated for the film guy (2018) directed by the comedian. Tom Dingler plays Gauthier, a young journalist who learns from his mother that he would be the illegitimate son of Guy Jamet (played by Alex Lutz himself), a French variety singer who had his period of glory in the 1960s. and 1990. In an interview with senior news in 2018, Alex Lutz spoke about the role of Guy for which he was slightly inspired by the situation of Tom Dingler’s father: “Tom’s father doesn’t have much to do with Guy, he’s more solar (…) Tom’s family was my first artistic family. Cookie’s wife, Cathy Bernecker, was a real godmother for me, I directed it with my company. But, no, that was not the trigger for the film.”
Tom Dingler also became known to the general public for having played the role of Mathieu in the Netflix series, Plan Heart by Noémie Saglio alongside Sabrina Ouazani, Joséphine Draï, Marc Ruchmann and Zita Hanrot. A beautiful professional background in perspective for the one who inherited to be the son of a former number 1 of the 80s!