Ben Cura

José Ben Cura is an Argentineborn British actor musician and director of film television and theatre José Ben Cura was born in Buenos Aires the son of Argentine tenorconductor José Cura When he was a year old he moved to Santo Stefano Belbo Italy where his fathers 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 Curas 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 bachelors degree with honours in professional acting