John Abraham (actor)

Infobox actor
name = John Abraham


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birthdate = birth date and age|1972|12|17
location = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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occupation = Actor, Model
yearsactive = 2003—present
website = http://www.johnabraham.com/

John Abraham (born December 17, 1972 in Mumbai, India), is a Bollywood actor and a former model.

Early life

Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India. Abraham's father is a Malayali Syrian Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Bombay's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is Farhan but his father gave him the name John. He has one younger brother, Alan. Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College, where he completed his BA (Hons) in economics.cite web|url=http://www.johnabraham.com/content/view/22/28/|title=John Abraham's official personal site and user portal|accessdate=2006-12-14] He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his MMS degree from Mumbai Educational Trust.

Career

Abraham started his career with the media firm "Time & Space Media Entertainment Promotions Ltd.", which however closed down due to financial problems. Later, he worked for "Enterprises-Nexus" as a media planner.

Modeling

In 1999, he won the Gladrags Manhunt Contest and went to Singapore for Manhunt International, where he won second place. Following this, he appeared in a number of commercial advertisements. To further hone his acting skills, John Abraham joined "Kishore Namit Kapoor" acting lab and successfully completed a course on acting while juggling modelling assignments.

Acting

Abraham made his film debut in 2003 with the controversial film "Jism". The film did well, and his work was noticed widely. [cite web|title=Box Office 2003|work=|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=209&catName=MjAwMw=|accessdate=|accessyear=] Later the same year, came the paranormal "Saaya" (2003) and the romantic "Paap" (2004); neither of them did well at box-office. John's first blockbuster hit came with the movie Dhoom in 2004 where he played the role of the villain 'Kabir'. [cite web|title=Box Office 2004|work=Dhoom|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=MjAwNA=|accessdate=|accessyear=]

In 2005 he starred in the supernatural thriller "Kaal" and the comedy "Garam Masala" both of which did well at the box office. cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=211&catName=MjAwNQ=|title="Box Office"|accessdate=2005-11-12] Later that year he had a major role in the critically acclaimed film "Water", which portrayed the tragic fate of Hindu widows in colonial India (See British India). The film was written and directed by independent Canadian film-maker Deepa Mehta. The film was popular overseas, and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards, which exposed John to a more international audience.

In the summer of 2006, he performed at the "Rockstars Concert" along with fellow bollywood stars, Salman Khan, Zayed Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Esha Deol, Shahid Kapoor and Mallika Sherawat. [cite web|publisher=bollyvista.com|title=Bollywood rocks Atlantic City|url=http://bollyvista.com/photogallery/s/72/1961/1|accessdate=May 12|accessyear=2006] In the same year, he starred in the films "Zinda", "Taxi No 9211", "Baabul" and "Kabul Express" (2006). cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=212&catName=MjAwNg=|title="Box Office"|accessdate=2006-11-05] Among these "Taxi No 9211" , "Kabul Express" were substantially successful.

Nikhil Advani's multi-starrer, "" was Abraham's first release in 2007. The movie failed to do well at the Indian box office, [cite web|title=Box Office 2007|work=Salaam-e-Ishq|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=214&catName=MjAwNw=|accessdate=8 May|accessyear=2007] but was successful in the overseas market.cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=overseas_earners|title="Box Office"|accessdate=2007-05-05] His last two 2007 releases were the offbeat thriller "No Smoking" and the sports film "Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal".

John is playing an environmentalist activist in Deepa Mehta's new film "Luna" (currently under production) starring Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz and Chris Cooper. cite web|url=http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20070522/117982402100.html|title="Yahoo Movies"|accessdate=2007-10-01] cite web|url=http://indiafm.com/news/2007/08/29/10015/index.html|title=INDAFM"|accessdate=2007-10-01] Apart from his movie commitments, John is also the brand ambassador for "Castrol Power 1" , "Yamaha Marque", "Wrangler", "Fasttrack", "Clinic All clear", and "Pepsi".Fact|date=September 2008

Personal life

Abraham is currently dating actress Bipasha Basu, They have been dating since 2002.

John loves wearing jeans and his own brand (JA) clothes. cite web|url=http://www.epagemaker.com/ja/main.html|title=John Abraham Jeans by Wrangler|accessdate=2008-02-22]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Upcoming films

See also

* List of Indian Actors

References

External links

*imdb name|id=1303433|name=John Abraham