Ben Cura
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Trance
as New Client (uncredited) 2013
Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet
as Rayan (voice) 2022
15 Minutes of War
as Phillip Shafer 2019
Gun Shy
as Juan Carlos 2017
Postcards from London
as Caravaggio 2018
Comes a Bright Day
as Mr Sullivan 2012
White Island
as Bartolo 2016
My Eyes Are Up Here
as Tom 2022
Creditors
as Freddie Lynch 2015