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Ben Cura

Ben Cura

Birthday: 1988-09-30 | Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina.

José Ben Cura is an Argentine-born British actor, musician and director of film, television and theatre. José Ben Cura was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Argentine tenor/conductor José Cura. When he was a year old, he moved to Santo Stefano Belbo, Italy, where his father's grandfather was from. The family first lived in a convent while his father struggled to find work as an opera singer. He has two younger siblings, Yazmín and Nicolás. The family moved to France when he was six and then to Spain when he was 11. During this time, he frequently travelled with his parents around the world. Cura's first acting role came at age nine, as a supernumerary in a production of La Forza del Destino at the Opéra de Marseille, France. Whilst living in Paris, he received formal piano and solfège training. He subsequently attended the New York Film Academy in Paris before eventually training and graduating from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2011 with a bachelor's degree with honours in professional acting.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Tad and The Emerald Tablet

as    Rayan (voice)

2022
My Eyes Are Up Here

as    Tom

2020
The Head

as    Liam Ruddock

2020
Gatecrash

as    Steve

2019
15 Minutes of War

as    Phillip Shafer

2018
Postcards from London

as    Caravaggio

2017
Gun Shy

as    Juan Carlos

2016
White Island

as    Bartolo

2015
Creditors

as    Freddie Lynch

2012
Comes a Bright Day

as    Mr Sullivan