{{Short description|Indian actor (born 1952)}} {{Multiple issues| {{sources exist|date=August 2025}} {{citation style|date=March 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=March 2025}} }} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Jose Thomas | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | nationality = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1952|03|08|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|09|1952|03|08|df=yes}} | death_place = Trivandrum, Kerala, India | other_names = | alma_mater = {{ubl||||}} | occupation = {{hlist|Actor}} | years_active = | works = | spouse = | children = {{ubl|}} | awards = }}
'''Jose Thomas''' (1952–2019) was a senior journalist and a film-theatre personality who appeared in several films, notably ''Unnikuttanu Joli Kitti'' (1989) and ''Daya'' (1998). Unnikuttanu Joli Kitti tells the story of an unemployed youth, a character portrayed by Jose Thomas, who is jobless primarily due to callous social attitudes. The film won the national film award for other social issues in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-09 |title=കിളിമാനൂരിന് സമീപം വാഹനാപകടം: നടനും മാധ്യമപ്രവർത്തകനുമായ ജോസ് തോമസ് മരിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/accident-in-kilimanoor-actor-and-journalist-jose-thomas-died-1.4266122 |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=Mathrubhumi |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-10 |title=Kerala: Media professional dies as car rams parked truck |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/media-professional-dies-as-car-rams-parked-truck/articleshow/71988953.cms |access-date=2025-02-15 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-10 |title=Scribe, theatre actor Jose Thomas killed in mishap; 3 others injured |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/Nov/10/scribe-theatre-actor-jose-thomas-killed-in-mishap-3-others-injured-2059626.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Jose Thomas attended a film institute in Trivandrum in the early 1980s, where Adam Ayub was one of his professors. After that, he worked as an assistant/associate director on more than 50 films.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actor Jose Thomas passed away| url=https://www.asianetnews.com/video/kerala-news/actor-jose-thomas-passed-away-q0op21|website=Asianet News}}, 2019-11-09</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=ലക്ഷദ്വീപിൽ നിന്ന് എന്റെ ആദ്യത്തെ ലൈവ് ന്യൂസ് റിപ്പോർട്ടിങ്|author=Adam Ayub| url= https://www.mediaoneonline.com/mediaone-shelf/my-first-live-news-reporting-from-lakshadweep-adam-ayub-293765 |publisher=MediaOne}}, 2025-07-08.</ref>He had worked as a senior journalist at a Malayalam news channel for a long time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-10 |title=Scribe, theatre actor Jose Thomas killed in mishap; 3 others injured |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/Nov/10/scribe-theatre-actor-jose-thomas-killed-in-mishap-3-others-injured-2059626.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>He has also acted in several telefilms, as well as directed many plays and television documentaries. He is a multiple-time winner of the Kerala State Television Awards.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actor Jose Thomas passed away| url=https://www.asianetnews.com/video/kerala-news/actor-jose-thomas-passed-away-q0op21|website=Asianet News}}, 2019-11-09</ref>
==Death== Jose Thomas died in a road accident in Kilimanoor, Trivandrum district, on November 9, 2019. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-10 |title=Scribe, theatre actor Jose Thomas killed in mishap; 3 others injured |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2019/Nov/10/scribe-theatre-actor-jose-thomas-killed-in-mishap-3-others-injured-2059626.html |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10424784/ IMDb]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Jose}} Category:2019 deaths Category:21st-century Indian journalists Category:Indian male stage actors Category:Indian male film actors Category:1952 births Category:Actors from Kottayam Category:20th-century Indian male actors Category:21st-century Indian male actors