Ben Cura
Actor
- Born
- September 30, 1988 (age 38) · 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.
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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.
Known for
Trance
March 27, 2013
Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet
August 24, 2022
15 Minutes of War
January 30, 2019
Gun Shy
September 8, 2017
Postcards from London
November 9, 2018
Comes a Bright Day
February 12, 2012
Confinement
September 1, 2026
White Island
June 23, 2016
My Eyes Are Up Here
October 14, 2022
Creditors
January 1, 2015
Gatecrash
October 30, 2020
Acting11
- 2026Confinement as Felix
- 2022My Eyes Are Up Here as Tom
- 2022Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet as Rayan (voice)
- 2020Gatecrash as Steve
- 201915 Minutes of War as Phillip Shafer
- 2018Postcards from London as Caravaggio
- 2017Gun Shy as Juan Carlos
- 2016White Island as Bartolo
- 2015Creditors as Freddie Lynch
- 2013Trance