Ben Cura
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.
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Full filmography
- Outlander (2014) as Captain Jared Leckie
- Marcella (2016) as Matthew Neil
- Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023) as Prince Augustus
- The Head (2020) as Liam Ruddock
- The Mallorca Files (2019) as Jose Rey
- Trance (2013) as New Client (uncredited)
- Tad the Lost Explorer and the Emerald Tablet (2022) as Rayan (voice)
- Gun Shy (2017) as Juan Carlos
- 15 Minutes of War (2019) as Phillip Shafer
- Last to Break (2024) as Dr. Costa
- White Island (2016) as Bartolo
- Postcards from London (2018) as Caravaggio
- Comes a Bright Day (2012) as Mr Sullivan
- Gatecrash (2020) as Steve
- Creditors (2015) as Freddie Lynch
- My Eyes Are Up Here (2022) as Tom