Skandar Keynes was born on 5 September 1991 in London, UK. His mother's name is left Hourani and fathers name is Randal Keynes. His father is a very famous writer. He is the youngest of his siblings. He also has an elder sister named Soumaya Anne Keynes. Keynes has been very much inclined towards acting since he was a kid. He went to Anna Scher Theatre School for his acting classes. For his high schooling, he went to the City of London School. While growing up he worked as a film critic for the newspaper The Citizen. He did many shows all throughout his high school performing at different parties and in school shows. His decency from father’s side is English and from mother’s side has Lebanese and Turkish. His grandfather Richard Keynes was the professor of Cambridge University. Also, his great grandparents were Edgar Adrian and Hester Adrian who were Nobel prize laureate. His parents have been very supportive of his work.
On his mother's side, his maternal grandparents were the advisors of the president of Tunisia Habib Abourguiba. Also, the were historian and classicist. To say that he has quite a good ancestry is an understatement. Keynes grew up in London around very rich history and so he was interested in it since a very young age. He started his career in the movie The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe which he auditioned for and got the role. He has also auditioned for the movie Nanny McPhee for which he lost the chance to Thomas Sangster. He started shooting for his movie but in midway, through the shooting, his voice changed due to puberty and so the directors decided to use his sister's voice in place of his which worked quite well as no one was able to figure out if the voice wasn’t his. He also regained his role for the nd installment of the movie called Prince Caspian. In his interview, he revealed that while shooting a fight sequence he got himself injured and had to shoot the whole scene of medication as he couldn’t walk properly. He did the scene anyways which later turned out to be good. He also revealed that he considers himself an atheist and doesn’t believe in any religion or god system. He started as the same character for the 3rd installment of the movie in 2009. As of now Keynes has stopped working in movies and has focused his time and energy on other projects.
His personal life is a bit unknown to the media as he likes to keep it private. There is no news about his relationship or about his girlfriend if any. He likes to keep his matter private so nothing much about him is known. His fans can follow him on Facebook as well as twitter. His biography can be read on Wikipedia. His net worth is not known. He is currently working as the advisor to Crispin Blunt who is a member of the parliament.
Birth Date: | 5 Sep, 1991 |
Age: | 28 yrs |
Occupations: | Actor Film actor Stage actor Politician |
Citizenship: | United Kingdom |
Birth Place: | London Borough of Camden |
Education: | Pembroke College Anna Scher Theatre City of London School |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | British actor |
Net Worth 2021: | 4 million |