Ben Cura

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Sep 30, 1988 (36 years old)

Ben Cura

Known For

Last to Break
4h 43m
TV Show 2024

Last to Break

An underdog challenges an unbeatable champion of motorcycle Grand Prix championships series in the early 70s, a time when even an amateur could win, but only by seriously risking his life on the track.

My Eyes Are Up Here
0h 13m
Movie 2022

My Eyes Are Up Here

Sonya is a super-busy, sought-after model and dating doesn’t really fit her lifestyle. However, a one-night stand with a clumsy but considerate man changes her perspective.

Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet
1h 29m
Movie 2022

Tad, the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet

Tad accidentally unleashes an ancient spell, endangering the lives of his friends Mummy, Jeff, and Belzoni. With everyone against him and only helped by Sara, he sets off on an adventure to end the Curse of the Mummy.

Gatecrash
1h 30m
Movie 2020

Gatecrash

A dark psychological thriller which follows a couple who find themselves in a hit and run situation, with the evidence suggesting there was no accident.

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.