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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/conduc…
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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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2026
Confinement
Movie Felix
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2024
Has Fallen
TV show Marcos
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2024
Last to Break
TV show Dr. Costa
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2023
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
TV show Prince Augustus
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2022
My Eyes Are Up Here
Movie Tom
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2022
Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet
Movie Rayan (voice)
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2020
Gatecrash
Movie Steve
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2020
The Head
TV show Liam Ruddock
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2019
The Mallorca Files
TV show Jose Rey
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2019
15 Minutes of War
Movie Phillip Shafer
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2018
Postcards from London
Movie Caravaggio
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2018
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
TV show Antonio Da Costa
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2017
Gun Shy
Movie Juan Carlos
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2016
White Island
Movie Bartolo
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2016
Marcella
TV show Matthew Neil
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2015
Creditors
Movie Freddie Lynch
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2014
Outlander
TV show Captain Jared Leckie
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2013
Trance
Movie New Client (uncredited)
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2012
Comes a Bright Day
Movie Mr Sullivan
