John Abraham (actor)

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John Abraham

Birth name	John Abraham
Born	December 17, 1972 (age 34) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active	2003 - present

John Abraham (born December 17, 1972) is a former model turned Bollywood actor. He currently lives in Mumbai, India.

1 Early life
2 Career
3 Personal life
4 Trivia
5 Filmography
6 Awards
- 6.1 Won
- 6.2 Nominated
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Early life

Abraham's father is a Malayali Saint Thomas Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala while his mother Phiroza Irani is part of Bombay's Irani community. Irani are descended from Iranian Zoroastrians who migrated to Mumbai in the late 19th and early 20th century. John sometimes describes himself as part-Irani [1] and sometimes as part-Iranian.^[1]

Abraham's parents eloped; they were estranged from their respective parents until the birth of their first child, John. He was originally named Farhan, but his father gave him the name John, and he has used that name ever since. He has one younger brother, Alan.

Abraham attended Bombay Scottish School and later Jai Hind College.^[2] He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team.^[2] He later earned an MBA degree from MET.^[2]

[edit] Career

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

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.

In 2003, Abraham made his Bollywood debut with the controversial movie Jism at the age of thirty. He has appeared in a number of successful movies since then which include Dhoom (2004), Garam Masala (2005) and Taxi No 9211 (2006).

In 2005, John ignored angry threats and agreed to play the lead role in the controversial film Water, which deals with the sad fate of Indian widows in traditional Indian society. The film was written and directed by independent film-maker Deepa Mehta. It had a rocky history; a first attempt to film it foundered, when sets in Varanasi were burned by an angry crowd. John signed for the director's second attempt to make the film, this time in Sri Lanka. The film has been popular overseas, exposing John to a much wider audience, and was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category.

His recently released films are: Baabul, Kabul Express, and Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love, all of which have flopped.

[edit] Personal life

John Abraham is currently engaged to Indian actress Bipasha Basu. Bipasha appeared on Karan Johar's talk show Koffee with Karan and spoke about how John proposed.

The couple will make a second appearance together on Koffee with Karan Season 2.

[edit] Trivia

He is a supporter of animal rights and has been featured in advertisements for PETA^[3]
He stands 6 feet 1 inch tall.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
2007	Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam		Announced
2007	Exclusion		Under Production
2007	No Smoking...!	Sashank	Post-production
2007	Aashayein		Announced
2007	Goal!	Sunny	Under Production
2007	Happy Birthday		To Go On Floor, Co-stars Aishwarya Rai and Shilpa Shetty
2007	Rockstar	Jordan	To Go On Floor
2007	Soham - Karan Johar's Next Project		On Hold
2007	Salaam E Ishq: A Tribute To Love	Ashutosh
2006	Kabul Express	Suhel Khan
2006	Baabul	Rajat Verma	Nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award
2006	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	DJ	Special Appearance in song Where's the party tonight?(Priety Zinta and Abbhishek Bacchan)
2006	Taxi Number 9211	Jai Mittal
2006	Zinda	Rohit Chopra
2005	Shikhar	Himself	Special Appearance
2005	Garam Masala	Sam
2005	Water	Narayana	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
2005	Viruddh... Family Comes First	Amar Patwardhan
2005	Kaal	Krish Thapar
2005	Karam	John
2005	Elaan	Abhimanyu
2004	Madhoshi	Aman
2004	Dhoom	Kabir	Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award
2004	Lakeer	Saahil
2004	Paap	Shiven
2004	Aetbaar	Aryan Trivedi
2003	Saaya	Dr. Akash (Akki)
2003	Jism	Kabir Lal	Nomination, Filmfare Best Debut Award