Tom Ackerley

Thomas Francis Michael Ackerley (born June 1990) is an English producer, former actor, and former assistant director. He co-founded the production company LuckyChap Entertainment with his wife Margot Robbie. Together they have produced several films and television series, including the critically acclaimed films I, Tonya (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Barbie (2023). For the last, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2024.

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Tom Ackerley
Thomas Francis Michael Ackerley (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990Surrey, England
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2001–present
LuckyChap Entertainment
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Margot Robbie ​(m. 2016)​
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Thomas Francis Michael Ackerley (born June 1990) is an English producer, former actor, and former assistant director. He co-founded the production company LuckyChap Entertainment with his wife Margot Robbie. Together they have produced several films and television series, including the critically acclaimed films I, Tonya (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020), and Barbie (2023). For the last, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2024.

Ackerley was born the youngest of three boys (with two brothers) in June, 1990 in Surrey. He attended St George's College, Weybridge, before moving to Godalming College.

Ackerley began his film career as an extra in the first three installments of the Harry Potter film series. After taking a break from films, he returned to the industry as a production runner for films such as Gambit (2012) and Rush (2013). From 2012 till 2016, he also worked as an assistant director for various television series and films, including Pride, Suite Française, The Two Faces of January (all released in 2014) and Macbeth (2015).

In 2014, Ackerley and his future wife Margot Robbie, alongside friends Sophia Kerr and Josey McNamara, co-founded the production company LuckyChap Entertainment. The company has produced films including I, Tonya (2017), Promising Young Woman (2020) and Barbie (2023).

Ackerley met Australian actress Margot Robbie on the set of Suite Française in 2013, the two began dating the following year. They married in a private ceremony in Byron Bay, New South Wales, in December 2016. In August 2024, the couple revealed that they were expecting their first child, and Robbie gave birth to a son. As of 2025, they live in Los Angeles.

YearTitleRoleNotes
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneStudentExtra
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The HourFloor runner4 episodes
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyCrowdrunner
Big Fat Gypsy GangsterFloor runner
Now Is Good
Playhouse PresentsThird assistant directorEpisode: "King of the Teds"
GambitFloor runner
TranceSet production assistant
RushRunner: daily crew
The Last Days on MarsThird assistant director
The BorderlandsFirst assistant director
The Two Faces of JanuaryThird assistant director
Da Vinci's Demons2 episodes
Pride
EverlySecond assistant director
Suite FrançaiseThird assistant director
American OdysseyFootage shot in Morocco
Yussef is ComplicatedShort film
Spooks: The Greater Good
MacbethAdditional third assistant director
GrimsbySecond assistant director
I, TonyaProducer
Terminal
Dreamland
Promising Young Woman
The Humming of the BeastShort film
MaidExecutive producerMiniseries
Mike
BarbieProducer
Boston Strangler
SaltburnExecutive producer
My Old AssProducer
BorderlineProducer
Wuthering HeightsProducer
Big Thunder Mountain RailroadProducer

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