Ben Cura

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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Has Fallen 2024TV show as Marcos

The Head 2020TV show as Liam Ruddock

Marcella 2016TV show as Matthew Neil

Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet 2022Movie as Rayan (voice)

Confinement 2026Movie as Felix

Trance 2013Movie as New Client (uncredited)

Gun Shy 2017Movie as Juan Carlos

15 Minutes of War 2019Movie as Phillip Shafer

Comes a Bright Day 2012Movie as Mr Sullivan

Postcards from London 2018Movie as Caravaggio

White Island 2016Movie as Bartolo

Gatecrash 2020Movie as Steve