Biography
Iconic Byron Bay personality, dancer, TV sensation, and spokesperson for healthy living. Model, actor, public speaker and children’s dance teacher.
Tommy Franklin is all these things and more.
Whether he’s rocking the party in a club, dancing on the street, talking with young people or teaching kids to dance, Tommy Franklin lives to inspire others. Tommy is an internet and real-life sensation who touched countless lives through his performances on Australia’s Got Talent and continues to do so through his live performances, youth workshops & art projects. If you’ve holidayed in Byron Bay, chances are you’ve come across ‘dancing man’ Tommy Franklin. Even in this town famous for it’s odd patrons, Tommy stands out amongst them. You see, Tommy likes to dance. Anywhere he feels like dancing. Have legs, will dance. Tommy became a Youtube sensation when a group of holiday-makers filmed him dancing in the rain on the main street of his hometown. The clip went viral, and from that moment Tommy has danced at Australia’s biggest music festivals, appeared on National TV, radio, video clips and film. Tommy dances his way into the hearts and lenses of everyone that encounters this unique and free spirit.
Tommy Franklin’s story is much more than a feel good tale. Tommy had to come dangerously close to death in order to appreciate his life, and he now expresses that gratitude by dancing, and lives to free others to be themselves.
Tommy is a dealer in smiles. He expresses the child that hides in all of us ‘grown-ups’ – the free spirit not yet caged by fear or social barriers.
Above all, he is simply himself, and he brings this message: “I’m free to be me and so is everyone else.”
Iconic Byron Bay personality, dancer, TV sensation, and spokesperson for healthy living. Model, actor, public speaker and children’s dance teacher.
Tommy Franklin is all these things and more.
Whether he’s rocking the party in a club, dancing on the street, talking with young people or teaching kids to dance, Tommy Franklin lives to inspire others. Tommy is an internet and real-life sensation who touched countless lives through his performances on Australia’s Got Talent and continues to do so through his live performances, youth workshops & art projects. If you’ve holidayed in Byron Bay, chances are you’ve come across ‘dancing man’ Tommy Franklin. Even in this town famous for it’s odd patrons, Tommy stands out amongst them. You see, Tommy likes to dance. Anywhere he feels like dancing. Have legs, will dance. Tommy became a Youtube sensation when a group of holiday-makers filmed him dancing in the rain on the main street of his hometown. The clip went viral, and from that moment Tommy has danced at Australia’s biggest music festivals, appeared on National TV, radio, video clips and film. Tommy dances his way into the hearts and lenses of everyone that encounters this unique and free spirit.
Tommy Franklin’s story is much more than a feel good tale. Tommy had to come dangerously close to death in order to appreciate his life, and he now expresses that gratitude by dancing, and lives to free others to be themselves.
Tommy is a dealer in smiles. He expresses the child that hides in all of us ‘grown-ups’ – the free spirit not yet caged by fear or social barriers.
Above all, he is simply himself, and he brings this message: “I’m free to be me and so is everyone else.”
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