Bio

Thomas Puskailer SK 

Born on the 2nd March 1981 in Holland, grew up living on the border of Germany with his Slovak parents. His upbringing meant he became fluent in slovak, dutch and german and learnt english through watching his favorite cartoons and films on television!

Thomas studied performing arts in many parts of Europe. Initially graduating from The Musical Academy Lucia Marthas in Amsterdam. He also studied at Joe Weston Acting Studio’s in Amsterdam, Pineapple Dance Studios in London, and the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen, under the personal tuition of the internationally renowned vocal coach Catherine Sadoline. Thomas, a natural born performer has worked in all areas of “show biz”, including a famous Dutch TV series “Onderweg Naar Morgen”, many commercials, dance and clothes shows, adverts and has been ”the face” of several world renowned fashion brands. From 2002 till 2003 he was also the front man singer of a Pop Dance Project called “Silkstar” which was signed to UNIVERSAL Records in the Netherlands.

Silkstar

Thomas’s professional singing career began in musical theatre in which he played a number of main parts all over Europe. A few of these included: Radames in Disney’s “Aida the Musical”, Tony Manero in “Saturday Night Fever”, Danny Zukko in “Grease the Musical” and his slovak stage debut was as Dzoko in “Boyband the Musical” in Bratislava. Thomas is also currently playing in the musical “Ôsmy Svetadiel” under the direction of Jan Ďurovčik.

Presenting is one of Thomas’s many other talents and can be seen frequently on “Fashion TV” presenting the show Fashion Lifestyle. Currently he is also “the face” of “Soladey – Eco” the first eco tooth brush in Slovakia.

Thomas plays the guitar and uses this to write and create his own music. In 2008 Thomas created his own London based acoustic band and played in many of London’s top music venues with great success.

Thomas with Joe Dworniak

On his current debut album he is working together with top producer “Joe Dworniak” of “Riverfish Studios” from the UK who has worked with artists such as Duran Duran, Paul McCartney and Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He is for Thomas a mentor and friend and is co-writer of Thomas’s debut single “Sitting on a Cloud” which is currently playing on the radio in Slovakia! The producers of “Creative Music House” in Slovakia are also working with Thomas on many songs and made the final finishes on his album.

Thomas made his debut television appearance in The Slovakian and Czech Republic by entering the reality TV series called “Czech&Slovak Superstar” in which he was in the final! This gave Thomas the opportunity to create and release his own music and release his album that is not only aimed at the European but also the international music market.

Thomas on Superstar