Skandar Amin Casper Keynes
(age 16)London, England
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has appeared in the first two installments, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, released on May 16, 2008, and will star in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, due May 7, 2010.[1]
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Skandar Keynes was born in London, the son of Zelfa Cecil Hourani and writer Randal Keynes.[2] His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a well-known writer and professor.[2] On his father's side Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous biologist Charles Darwin, through whose paternal grandmother Mary Howard he is descended from Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (uncle to both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and thus from King Edward I. Keynes is also the great-great nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes and the nephew of the historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes.[2] Through his great-grandmother, Hester Agnes Pinsent – the wife of Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian – he is also related to the Scottish philosopher David Hume.[3] He has an older sister, Soumaya Keynes,(born 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4.
Keynes has stated that he is an atheist.[4][5]
Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005 and currently attends the all-boys City of London School along with Daniel Radcliffe. He starts Sixth Form and the first year of his A Level studies in September 2008. He has taken History, Biology, Chemistry and Maths for A-Level.
In the summer of 2006, Keynes and his grandfather, mother, and sister were forced to flee from Beirut, Lebanon, where the family was holidaying when the 2006 Lebanon War began.[2]
Keynes currently resides in Highbury, London. He studies Taekwondo and plays the cornet, the cello,the flute,and the guitar. He supports Arsenal F.C..
He auditioned (successfully) for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same as he auditioned (unsuccessfully) for the role of Simon Brown in Nanny McPhee. His voice broke during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, leaving his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines.[6]
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Edmund Pevensie
pre-production
NA
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Edmund Pevensie
$357.3 million
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Edmund Pevensie
$744,783,957
2003
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari at the age of 8
Television movie
NA
^ "Narnia Voyage Postponed to 2010", E! Entertainment (2007-09-21). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
^ a b c d Anderson, Jon Lee (2006-07-24). "Change of Plans". The New Yorker. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
^ "Notes on the Rendall family". Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
^ Martin, Paul (2006-03-25). "Exclusive Interview with Skandar Keynes". Narnia Fans. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. “I am an Athiest. I know the films really Christian and everything but it doesn’t really affect me. Oh and you know I’m related to Charles Darwin.”
^ Savage, David (2006-06-19). "William Moseley and Skandar Keynes Interview!". Popcorn. Retrieved on 2008-06-25. “So apparently I'm an atheist, I'm into Darwin...”
^ Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, and Andrew Adamson. The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Cast Commentary] [DVD].
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has appeared in the first two installments, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, released on May 16, 2008, and will star in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, due May 7, 2010.[1]
Contents[hide]
Biography:
Skandar Keynes was born in London, the son of Zelfa Cecil Hourani and writer Randal Keynes.[2] His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a well-known writer and professor.[2] On his father's side Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous biologist Charles Darwin, through whose paternal grandmother Mary Howard he is descended from Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (uncle to both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard) and thus from King Edward I. Keynes is also the great-great nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes and the nephew of the historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes.[2] Through his great-grandmother, Hester Agnes Pinsent – the wife of Nobel Prize laureate Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian – he is also related to the Scottish philosopher David Hume.[3] He has an older sister, Soumaya Keynes,(born 1989), who has appeared in various productions for BBC Radio 4.
Keynes has stated that he is an atheist.[4][5]
Keynes attended the Anna Scher Theatre School from 2000 to 2005 and currently attends the all-boys City of London School along with Daniel Radcliffe. He starts Sixth Form and the first year of his A Level studies in September 2008. He has taken History, Biology, Chemistry and Maths for A-Level.
In the summer of 2006, Keynes and his grandfather, mother, and sister were forced to flee from Beirut, Lebanon, where the family was holidaying when the 2006 Lebanon War began.[2]
Keynes currently resides in Highbury, London. He studies Taekwondo and plays the cornet, the cello,the flute,and the guitar. He supports Arsenal F.C..
He auditioned (successfully) for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at the same as he auditioned (unsuccessfully) for the role of Simon Brown in Nanny McPhee. His voice broke during the filming of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, leaving his sister Soumaya to voice some of his lines.[6]
2010
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Edmund Pevensie
pre-production
NA
2008
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
Edmund Pevensie
$357.3 million
2005
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Edmund Pevensie
$744,783,957
2003
Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari at the age of 8
Television movie
NA
^ "Narnia Voyage Postponed to 2010", E! Entertainment (2007-09-21). Retrieved on 2007-09-21.
^ a b c d Anderson, Jon Lee (2006-07-24). "Change of Plans". The New Yorker. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
^ "Notes on the Rendall family". Retrieved on 2008-05-29.
^ Martin, Paul (2006-03-25). "Exclusive Interview with Skandar Keynes". Narnia Fans. Retrieved on 2008-06-18. “I am an Athiest. I know the films really Christian and everything but it doesn’t really affect me. Oh and you know I’m related to Charles Darwin.”
^ Savage, David (2006-06-19). "William Moseley and Skandar Keynes Interview!". Popcorn. Retrieved on 2008-06-25. “So apparently I'm an atheist, I'm into Darwin...”
^ Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, and Andrew Adamson. The Chronicles of Narnia:The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe [Cast Commentary] [DVD].
